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Sale at auction : to be sold on the first day January, 1850, in the City of Truth, if not previously disposed of, the following being taken as contraband articles from the merchant of Babylon Surplices worn in imitation of pagan priests Band worn in imitation of high priests, amongst the Jews ...

This anticlerical satire in the form of a newspaper advertisement for an auction set in the distant future refers directly to the controversy over Massachusetts governor Caleb Strong’s proclamation of a public fast day on June 26, 1812 (see The Bulwarks of Religion).

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Date

1810-1814

Place of Publication

Boston.

Subjects

Clergy
Anti-clericalism
Satire

Identifiers

BIB ID: 285606
OCLC Control No.: (OCoLC)ocm77812143
OCLC Control No.: (OCoLC)ocn191467805
Ford, W.C. Thomas ballads, 234
AAS General Catalog URL: http://catalog.mwa.org/vwebv/holdingsInfo?bibId=285606
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Physical Dimensions

24 x 26 cm.

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Citation

“Sale at auction : to be sold on the first day January, 1850, in the City of Truth, if not previously disposed of, the following being taken as contraband articles from the merchant of Babylon Surplices worn in imitation of pagan priests Band worn in imitation of high priests, amongst the Jews ...,” Isaiah Thomas Broadside Ballads Project, accessed September 23, 2023, https://www.americanantiquarian.org/thomasballads/items/show/215.