1817 BENJAMIN RUSH. Sammelband Including Rush on Ardent Spirits, Early Baptist and Dissenting Sermons, &c.

An eclectic 19th century sammelband of late 18th and early 19th century sermons and pamphlets, the most significant of which include Benjamin Rush's desirable work on Ardent Spirits, a rare 18th century sermon by Baptist, John Rylands on the death of Joshua Symonds, and Joseph Priestley's Scripture Catechism.

The works include:

Brown, Addison. Epistle to the Members of the Unitarian Congregational Church and Society, in Brattleboro, Vt. January, 1836. Brattleboro. Printed by Nichols and Ryther. 1836. 12pp. 

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Walker, James. A Farewell Discourse to the Children in His Society, Delivered in Harvard Church, Charlestown, June 23, 1839. Cambridge. Metcalf, Torry, and Ballou. 1839. 24pp

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Gannett, Ezra S. A New Year's Wish for the Children of My Society. A Sermon Preached in the Federal Street Meetinghouse, January 12, 1834. Boston., Leonard C. Bowles. 1834. 18pp.

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Whitman, James. An Inquiry into the Scriptural Grounds of Confidence in Jesus of Nazareth as Our Saviour. Printed for the Union Ministerial Association. No. 5. Dover. John Mann. 1833. 22pp

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Ripley, Samuel. An Address Delivered at the Funeral of Rev. Bernard Whitman, November 8, 1834. by Samuel Ripley. Printed for the American Unitarian Association. Boston. Leonard C. Bowles. 1836. 10pp.

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A Pastoral Letter by a Unitarian Minister. Second Edition. Boston. Gray and Bowen. 1831. 16pp. 

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Farr, Jonathan. On Revivals., Boston. Gray and Bowen. 1831. 16pp.

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Farr, Jonathan. These Four Days Meetings. What are they For? And What will be the Cost and Fruit of Them? 16pp.

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Farr, Jonathan. Gospel Temperance. A Sermon. Boston. Christian Register Office. 1831. 15pp.

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Hints on Family Religion. Boston. Published at the Office of the Christian Register. 1826. 16pp.

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Smooth Preaching. Third Edition. Boston. Christian Register Office. 1823. 12pp.

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Rush, Benjamin. Professor of Medicine in the University of Pennsylvania. An Inquiry into the Effects of Ardent Spirits upon the Human Body and Mind with an Account of the Means of Preventing and of the Remedies of Curing Them. The Eighth Edition, with Additions. Springfield, Mass. Thomas Dickman. 1817. 36pp. 

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Priestley, Joseph. A Scripture Catechism, Consisting of a Series of Questions, with References to the Scriptures Instead of Answers. Fifth Edition. London. R. Hunter. 1817. 43pp + Catalog. 

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Turner, William. A Sermon Preached in Hanover-Square, Newcastle, March 27, 1813 Previous to a Collection in Aid of the Fund Established in London for the Relief of the Necessities of Widows & Orphans of Protestant Dissenting Ministers. Newcastle. S. Hodgson. 1820. 

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A Farewell Address form a Tutor to His Pupils by the Late Rev. Radcliffe Scholefield, of Birmingham. Stourbridge. Printed and Sold by J. Fowler. 1814. 32pp

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Ryland, John. Christ, the Great Source of the Believer's Consolations, and the Grand Subject of the Gospel Ministry. A Sermon Occasioned by the Death of the Rev. Joshua Symonds, Pastor of the Congregational Church which Assembles at the Old Meeting in Bedford. Preached by John Ryland, Jun. November 17, 1788. To which is Annexed the Address Immediately Preceding the Interment by John Sutcliff. Published at the Request of the Congregation. With an Appendix Containing a Brief History of the First Rise of that Church, and of its Pastors in Succession, before and since the Time of the Celebrated John Bunyan. London. J. Buckland. 1788. 60pp.

A fair copy only of an incredibly eclectic sammelband. Generally good with staining throughout, affecting text at points. Both boards detached. One tear to page on the Rush tract, not impacting legibility.