1741 Benjamin Franklin Imprint -Apology Of The Presbytery Of New Brunswick

1741 BENJAMIN FRANKLIN IMPRINT

THE APOLOGY OF THE PRESBYTERY OF NEW-BRUNSWICK

Philadelphia: Printed and Sold by Benj. Franklin, 1741

Offered is an original eighteenth-century pamphlet containing the rare Benjamin Franklin imprint:

"The Apology of the Presbytery of New-Brunswick, For Their Dissenting from Two Acts or New Religious Laws, which were made at the last Session of our Synod."

Printed and sold by Benjamin Franklin in Philadelphia in 1741.

This work was issued during the height of the Great Awakening and forms part of the famous Old Side–New Side controversy that divided early American Presbyterianism. The Presbytery of New Brunswick included leading revival figures associated with the evangelical movement that transformed colonial religious life.

The pamphlet contains extensive discussion of synodical authority, church governance, subscription controversies, and the disputes that shaped the development of American Presbyterianism. References include Rev. Jonathan Dickinson, later the first president of the College of New Jersey (Princeton).

IMPORTANT CONDITION NOTE:

The Franklin-printed Apology is incomplete, ending on page 64. The volume also contains related controversy material, including "Remarks Upon the Introduction to the Protestation," associated with the same ecclesiastical disputes.

Features:

• Genuine Benjamin Franklin imprint (1741)

• Philadelphia printing

• Great Awakening interest

• Early American Presbyterian history

• Jonathan Dickinson / Princeton association

• Colonial Americana

• Rare eighteenth-century theological controversy material

• Original period paper and typography

Condition:

Incomplete as noted. General age wear, edge losses, creasing, and handling consistent with an eighteenth-century pamphlet. Text remains largely legible. Sold as shown. Please review all photographs carefully.

An uncommon opportunity to acquire a scarce Franklin imprint connected to one of the most important religious controversies in colonial American history.