1799 CYPRIAN STRONG. Early Fourth of July Sermon on American Independence & the Wisdom of the American System. Preaching tidy copy of a rather

tidy copy of a rather unusual volume

and one of William Wilberforce to popularize his story for American audiences

With Some Account of His Life and Writings

edited by Emilio

the first "American Reformers" as Foxcroft calls the Pilgrim settlers of 1620

1799 CYPRIAN STRONG. Early Fourth of July Sermon on American Independence & the Wisdom of the American System. Preaching tidy copy of a ratherFascinating sermon on God's agency in the formation and promotion of the United States by Cyprian Strong [1764 1816]. He graduated Yale in 1763 and was Pastor in Portland, Connecticut from 1767 until his death. Strongly Edwardsian, he opposed the half way Covenant and was a leading voice toward integrating the convictions of the Solemn League and Covenant into the documentary framework of America. . . . The enlargement of [our] territory can never be