A Century Sermon, Or, Sketches of the History of the Eighteenth Century, Interspersed and Closed with Serious Practical Remarks, Delivered At North-Haven, January 1, 1801

New Haven: Printed By Read And Morse. Poor. 1801. First Edition. Wrappers. 32 pages; New Haven: Poor. 1801. First Edition. 32 pages; Contents clean, some chipping at corners; LACKS last 2 leaves of text (provided in facsimile) and rear wrapper. OCLC Number 2483705 Front wrapper bears signature of original owner "Sylvester Gilbert". PROVENANCE - Sylvester Gilbert (1755 - 1846) was a lawyer and a U. S. Congressional representative from Connecticut. Born in Hebron, Connecticut, he pursued classical studies and graduated from Dartmouth College in 1775. He later studied law, was admitted to the bar in November 1777. Gilbert was a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives 1780-1812. He was also the Connecticut attorney for Tolland County, Connecticut 1786-1807. He was the chief judge of the county court and judge of the probate court 1807-1818 and a principal of a law school 1810-1818. He was a member of the Connecticut Senate in 1815 and 1816 and was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the Fifteenth U. S. Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Uriel Holmes and served from November 16, 1818, to March 3, 1819. After leaving Congress, he resumed the practice of law in Hebron. Gilbert was again judge of the county court 1820-1825 and a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives in 1826. He died in Hebron, Connecticut in 1846 and was buried in Old Cemetery. AUTHOR: Benjamin Trumbull (1735 - 1820) , Pastor of the Church of North-Haven, was an early American historian and preacher. Born in Hebron, Connecticut, Trumbull graduated from Yale in 1759, and received his theological education under Reverend Eleazer Wheelock, who delivered his ordination sermon in 1760, commending him to the people of North Haven as "not a sensual, sleepy, lazy, dumb dog, that could not bark back. " He continued in that charge for nearly sixty years, his preaching being interrupted only by the Revolution, in which he served both as a volunteer and as chaplain. After the war he published a pamphlet sustaining the claim of Connecticut to the Susquehanna purchase, which influenced the decision of Congress in her favor. Yale gave him the degree of D. D. In 1796. Trumbull was elected a member of the American Antiquarian Society in 1814. AAS holds original copies of over 40 titles related to, or authored by Trumbull, as well as the manuscript of his General History of the United States. .; Americana and American History, Signed and Association Copies, Most Recent Listing .