A Sermon Preached Before John Hancock, Senate, and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, October 25, 1780 by Samuel Cooper, First Edition, 1780

Cooper, Samuel. A Sermon Preached Before His Excellency John Hancock, Esq; Governour, the Honourable the Senate, and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, October 25, 1780. Being the Day of the Commencement of the Constitution, and Inauguration of the New Government. Commonwealth of Massachusetts: T. and J. Fleet, and J. Gill, [1780]. First Edition. 8vo. Original sewn leaves, with later plain rear wrap. 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 Samuel Cooper, preached before John Hancock, the Senate, and the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts on the commencement day of their Constitution.  Delivered on October 25, 1780,  on the first day of General Election under the new Constitution, Cooper’s sermon was based upon scripture, Jeremiah, chapter 30, verses 20, 21, while also extolling the virtues of liberty and the importance of governance