A Sermon Preached before his Excellency James Bowdoin, Esq. Governour; His Honour Thomas Cushing, Esq. Lieutenant-Governor; the Honourable the Council, and the Honourable the Senate, and House of Representatives, of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, May 30, 1787. Being the Day of General Election.
Boston: Printed by Adams and Nourse, 1787. 61 pp. 8vo. Disbound. First edition. Rev. Joseph Lyman (1749-1828) was from Hatfield and like the other prosperous hill towns of Massachusetts, did not offer support for Shay's rebellion, in fact, often preaching against it; so it is no surprise, with the rebellion..... More