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Memorial sermon for King George II, preached by Henry Caner, minister at King's Chapel in Boston. EVANS 8811. Dbd. Moderately dampstained. Good.

First Edition. Extracted from a bound volume with its half-title, 8vo, pp. [iv], 31. A nice clean copy. Evans 8811; Sabin 10684n. Henry Caner (c.1700-1792), born near Bristol, soon emigrated with his family to the New England colonies. After graduating from Yale University, Caner was ordained in 1727 in the Church of Engand and appointed as a missionary for the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel (SPG). He returned to the colonies as a missionary to Connecticut and Massachusetts, becoming a leading Church of England clergyman. In 1747 he was named rector of King's Chapel in Boston, the most important Anglican Church in New England. A staunch Tory Loyalist, Caner criticized the British government for its handling of the colonies. As many Loyalists did, Caner left for London in 1776 during the early part of the War for Independence and remained in England, living in Cardiff, South Wales and Bristol until he died in 1792. Caner praises George the second and wishes George III well.

31, [1 blank] pp. With the half title, as issued. Disbound, mild toning. Else Very Good. Caner, who devoted much of his religious career to defending orthodox Episcopacy in opposition to his fellow New England ministers Jonathan Mayhew and Charles Chauncy, laments "the loss of our Head, our Royal Master, the political Father of his People." He praises the new King, George III, and recommends that all serve him, "duly considering whose Authority he hath." Unlike his colleague Samuel Cooper, who also preached this day to Governor Bernard and Council, Caner tarries not at all on the theme that the Monarch's powers are limited by the British Constitution. Evans 8811. Sabin 10684n. ESTC W27529.