Channing, William Ellery

A sermon on war: delivered before the Convention of Congregational Ministers of Massachusetts, May 30, 1816. And published at the requestion of the officers of the Peace Society of Massachusetts

Boston: published by Wells and Lilly, 1816. First edition, 12mo, pp. 40; removed from binding; short tear in the fore-margin of the title page, the whole lightly foxed; good. "Reacting in part to the Napoleonic wars in Europe, Channing helped found the Massachusetts Peace Society in 1815. His sermon on war, delivered to a convention of Congregationalist ministers, became a touchstone to the emerging pacifist movement" (Keith E. Whittington in American Political Thought). American Imprints 37208. Item #55007

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