3 late 18th c. religious discourses

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Title: Three religious discourses
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Date Published: 1793-1798
Description: 3 items. (8vo) disbound. Comprising:
Eckley, Joseph. A Discourse, Delivered on the Public Thanksgiving Day, November 29, 1798. Boston: Manning and Loring, 1798.
Lathrop, John. A Discourse on the Errors of Popery: Delivered in the Chapel of the University in
Cambridge, September 4, 1793... Boston: S. Hall, 1793. First Edition. Detached boards present.
Prince, John. A Discourse Delivered at Salem, on the Day of the National Fast, May 9, 1798; Appointed by President Adams, on Account of the Difficulties Subsisting Between the United States and France. Salem: Thomas C. Cushing, 1798.
John Lathrop (1740-1816) did missionary work among the Indians, became pastor of the old North Church in Boston in 1768, and had strong negative feelings about the Roman Catholic Church. Prince was also a scientist and made improvements to the microscope and the kaleidoscope but the improvement of the air pump was his most important scientific contribution.
Condition Report: Few pages detached, foxing, chipping, toning; overall very good.