HELP with Very old book

[fortenbaughm]

Found at an estate sale on Pennsylvania.

A book of sermons.
The book appears to have belonged to a Hosea Tiffany which I searched and looks like he may have been one of 9 who settled in Hartford, PA and perhaps a minuteman.

Curious if the book and owner have value. The book looks to be from 1798.

 

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[Mackaydon]

Here are many leads you may choose to follow up on to determine if your book has value.
Don....
PS: Looks promising.
From Wikipedia:
Peter Oxenbridge Thacher (1752–1802) was a Congregationalist minister in Massachusetts in the 18th century.[1] He served as pastor in Malden of the First Church (1770–1784)[2] and in Boston of the Brattle Street Church (1785–1802). He actively supported the American Revolution.[3][4] He participated in the drafting of the Massachusetts Constitution in 1780. In 1794, he was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.[5] He belonged to the Massachusetts Historical Society and Massachusetts Humane Society. He was educated at Harvard College, 1765–1769. On October 8, 1770, he married Elizabeth Poole (Hawkes); they had ten children.[6][7]


View of Brattle Street Church and West End, Boston, looking from Cambridge, 1789

References​

1. ^ WorldCat. Thacher, Peter 1752–1802
2. ^ Manual of the First Church, Malden, Mass. May, 1878. Boston: Beacon Press, T. Todd, printer., 1878
3. ^ For example as a young man in 1772 he "went to the Old South meeting & heard Mr. Warren pronounce an oration in commemoration of the massacre perpetrated this day 2 years ago." (Diary of Rev. Peter Thacher. Register of the Malden Historical Society, no.1, 1910-1911)
4. ^ Peter Thacher. "Oration Delivered at Watertown, March 5, 1776." Boston Orations. Boston: Peter Edes, 1785. Reprinted in: Hezekiah Niles (1876), Centennial offering, Republication of the Principles and acts of the revolution in America, New York: A. S. Barnes & co., OL 7106494M
5. ^ "Book of Members, 1780–2010: Chapter T" (PDF). American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Retrieved July 28, 2014.
6. ^ William Emerson (1803), A sermon on the decease of the Rev. Peter Thacher, Boston: Printed by Young and Minns, OL 23331985M
7. ^ "Memoirs of the Rev. Dr. Thacher." Collections of the Massachusetts Historical Society, v.8. Boston: Munroe & Francis, 1802.

 

[DizzyDigger]

A major percentage of any books value is condition. When it comes to condition, age is somewhat irrelevant. A book that is in good condition, scarce, and desirable, is always desired by a collector.

If you do list it for sale, I would certainly emphasize the authors role
in the Rev. war.

In one image I do see what appears to be water damage; does the
book have a musty aroma?

 

[JamieD]

Hi,

There‘s an example for sale here for price comparison.

https://www.bibliophagist.com/pages...acher/select-discourses-on-practical-subjects

jamie

 

[Red-Coat]

Cool find. I’m sure it has a historical interest value beyond the value of the book. It could have belonged to Captain Hosea Tiffany who was indeed one of the original nine partners, and a Minuteman. It might alternatively have belonged to his son Hosea Tiffany Jr. (1782-1835).