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Installation / of the / Officers of Belfast Lodge. / Belfast, Feb. 15th, 1826 [caption title, followed by a terse program for the event]

[Belfast ME ?]: [Ephraim Fellowes ?], 1826. Small broadside, 8 ¼ x 6 ¾ inches, employing several sizes and styles of type. The program, eight parts printed beneath the title (Select Piece, Prayer, Hymn, Installation, Hymn, Address, Anthem, Concluding Prayer [marked through, replaced in manuscript” by “Benediction”], with hymns of five verses to be sung before and after the installation printed in the lower half. Bowdoin holds a pamphlet printing of the address by Hiram Alden given at this ceremony. Apparently not in American Imprints or located on OCLC. Some browning, but very good. Item #70168

Price: $125.00