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A general history of Connecticut, from its First Settlement under George Fenwick, Esq. to its Last Period of Amity with Great Britain; including a description of the country, And many curious and interesting Anecdotes. To which is added, An Appendix [...]
by Samuel A. (Samuel Andrew)] [Peters
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Full title: A general history of Connecticut, from its First Settlement under George Fenwick, Esq. to its Last Period of Amity with Great Britain; including a description of the country, And many curious and interesting Anecdotes. To which is added, An Appendix, wherein new and the true Sources of the present Rebellion in America are pointed out; together with the particular Part taken by the People of Connecticut in its Promotion. By a Gentleman of the Province.
8vo. f. [1] (blank), pp. x, 2, 2*, 3-436, f. [1] (blank). Engraved initial.
First edition of this work by the native-born loyalist Revd Samuel Peters. Includes a number of spurious colonial ‘blue laws’ that depict Connecticut as a puritan theocracy, as well as other fabricated data. Despite being dismissed by Trumbull (1786, see Bib# 1136572/Fr# 656 in this collection) and others, Peters’s inventions were long reprinted as genuine and are still frequently cited to be so. See also J. Sabin, A dictionary of books relating to America, from its discovery to the present time. New York, 1962, 612009; ESTC, T122416; H. M. Adams, Catalogue of Books Printed on the Continent of Europe, 1501-1600, in Cambridge Libraries. 2 vols. Cambridge, 1967, 81-54a.
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