Nobis vicinisque. Rules and regulations for the government of the Phoenix Fire-Society, instituted at Boston, October 22, 1788

Nobis vicinisque. Rules and regulations for the government of the Phoenix Fire-Society, instituted at Boston, October 22, 1788

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate author / creator:Phoenix Fire-Society (Boston, Mass.).
Imprint:Boston: : Printed by Samuel Hall, no. 53, Cornhill., [ca. 1790]
Description:[3], 29, [10] ; 15 cm. (12mo)
Language:English
Subject:
Phoenix Fire-Society (Boston, Mass.)
Fire prevention -- Massachusetts -- Boston.
Fire prevention -- Societies, etc.
Fire fighters -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Societies, etc.
Format: E-Resource Print Book
Local Note:Library Company copy from the Michael Zinman Collection of Early American Imprints; Zinman copy in contemporary marbled wrapper; copy is inscribed "J. Homans's" (listed on p. 14 as member of the society); also with ink annotations, (by Homans?), listing 2 additional members: Edwd Tuckerman jun. Federal Street ... and Jos. Coolidge jun. Cambridge Street ... ; copy with pencil annotations added under some member's names.
NEH-Readex: Not in Readex; not at AAS.
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10358440
Hidden Bibliographic Details
Varying Form of Title:Rules and regulations for the government of the Phoenix Fire-Society, instituted at Boston, October 22, 1788
Notes:Not in Evans.
This edition records 25 members, with Josiah Quincy being the last member name printed (p.28); Massachusetts Historical Society holds another edition (1788) listing only 15 members, with the last one being John Fisher; this edition was presumably issued later than the 1788 MHS edition as there are more members recorded.
Signatures: pi² [A-E]⁴
With preliminary and final pagination sequences blank: leaf pi1-2 (p. [1]-[3] 1st sequence) and leaves D3v-E4r ([10] p. at end); pi1v and E4r are pastedowns.
Consists of the rules and regulations of the Phoenix Fire-Society in XVI articles on p. 3-11; ruled columns for members' "Names" "Places of abode" and "Stores, shops &c." are printed on p. 12-29.
Electronic reproduction. Philadelphia, Pa.: NewsBank, inc., 2010. Available via the World Wide Web. Access restricted to Readex Early American Imprints, Series I: Supplement from the Library Company of Philadelphia, 1670-1800

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