A Sermon Preached before his Honor Thomas Cushing,... the Honorable the Council and the Two Branches of the General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts May 28, 1783, being the Anniversary of the General Election, by Henry Cumings, 1783

Cumings, Henry. A Sermon Preached before his Honor Thomas Cushing, Esq. Lieutenant Governor, the Honorable the Council and the Two Branches of the General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts May 28, 1783, being the Anniversary of the General Election. Boston: T. and J. Fleet, 1783. First Edition. 8vo. Presented in a new archival cloth chemise and ¼ leather and cloth clamshell case. This is a first edition printing of a stirring sermon by Henry Cumings, preached before Thomas Cushing, Lieutenant Governor, the Council, and the two branches of the General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Delivered on May 28, 1783, on the anniversary of the General Election under the new Constitution, Cumings’ sermon was based upon scripture, Peter, chapter 5, verse 5, preaching on the obligations of the leaders to their people, and the people to their leaders. Preached just after the close of the Revolutionary War, he also touches upon more immediate topics, like the removal of British