Thomas Allen A.S.

Thomas Allen A.S.

Pittsfield 1780

[6] p. ;17 cm. (8vo.)

MSS L1990.1.151

At top of p. [1]: Pittsfield, Oct. 15th 1780. No. 1535|Described by the seller as a sermon delivered at Pittsfield by Thomas Allen, "the Fighting Parson", in his own brand of undeciphered shorthand."|Allen was the chaplain of the Revolutionary forces at Ticonderoga and is remembered as the one who fired the first shot at the Battle of Bennington.|Browned and damaged at bottom edges, affecting some text and with loss of additional text on pp. [1]-[4].|Pages [5]-[6] blank

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