Pamphlet: "The United States Elevated to Glory and Honor. A Sermon, Preached before His Excellency Jonathan Trumbull, Esq. L.L.D. Governor and Commander in Chief, And the Honorable The General Assembly of The State of Connecticut, Convened at Hartford, At the Anniversary Election, May 8th, 1783. By Ezra Stiles, D.D. President of Yale College.
New Haven: Printed by Thomas & Samuel Green, M,DCC,LXXXIII [1783].
Complete in 100 pages, never-trimmed margins, 5 1/2 by 8 1/2 inches, original string bindings, still has the outer wrapper, very nice condition.

AI notes: Ezra Stiles’s 1783 election sermon, "The United States Elevated to Glory and Honor," serves as a foundational blueprint for American exceptionalism, blending Enlightenment optimism with a providential view of history. Delivered at the dawn of independence, Stiles frames the new nation as a modern "American Israel," arguing that the United States was divinely protected during the Revolution to serve as a global model of civil and religious liberty. He moves beyond mere celebration to offer a sweeping, proto-geopolitical prophecy, predicting that the U.S. would expand across the continent, experience a massive population surge, and eventually see its language and democratic ideals permeate the globe. By addressing Governor Jonathan Trumbull and the Connecticut legislature directly, Stiles emphasizes that this "glory" is not guaranteed by victory alone but is contingent upon the virtue of the citizenry and the integrity of its leaders. His discourse effectively transformed the American identity from a collection of rebellious colonies into a unified, "rising empire" tasked with a unique moral mission in human history.