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A glass for the people of New-England : in which they may see themselves and spirits, and if not too late, repent and turn away from their abominable ways and cursed contrivances that so the Lord God may turn away his wrath, which he will bring upon them (if they repent not) for their blasphemies against himself, and for all the murders and cruelties done to his tender people, ever since they usurped authority to banish, hang, whip, and cut off ears, and spoil the goods of dissenters from them in religious matters, while themselves disown infallibility in those things

by: S. G. (Samuel Groome), -1683; Fox, George, 1624-1691. Queries by another hand for New-England priests and elders to answer; Tyso, John, -1700. Copy of a letter which was delivered into the hands of R. Bellingham, late governour of Boston in New-England, for him to read and consider

Publication date: 1676

Topics: Hutchinson, Anne, 1591-1643, Society of Friends

Publisher: [London? : s.n.]

Collection: bostonpubliclibrary; americana

Contributor: Boston Public Library

Language: English

"A secretly-printed Quaker tract, on the cruel action taken by the General Court of Massachusetts in 1643 against the Quakers, and Anne Hutchinson."--Preface to the 1929 edition

Author's name from ESTC

Two states noted. The first state has the words "The end" at the foot of p. 43. The second state has a rule and a two line errata statement at the foot of p. 43

Signatures: A℗ø B-F́þ

Errors in paging: p. 39-41 misnumbered 29, 7, 43

"And now may I set down some tenents, which I found written in a book called, The elders tenents in the Bay. So if they be your tenents, ye elders of New-England, consider of them (for some of them appear very unsound) if they be not, then disown them ... or if you will own part, then let's know which part ... they are numbered from one to forty six: those of them which I am most dissatisfied in are thus noted [fist] on the margin."--Page 24-28

"Queries by another hand for New-England priests and elders to answer."--Page 29-33. Signed: G.F. [i.e. George Fox]

"The copy of a letter which was delivered into the hands of R. Bellingham, late governour of Boston in New-England, for him to read and consider, with his assistants, & the inhabitants of the town of Boston, with the rest of their brethren where this may come [and other writings]."--Page 34-43. Signed: John Tyso

English short title catalogue

Sabin, J. Dictionary of books relating to America from its discovery to the present time

Wing, D.G. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and British America, and of English books printed in other countries, 1641-1700 (2nd ed.)

Cataloged

Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy halfbound in red, morocco-grained leather and shell marbled papers. The bookplate of the BPL Charlestown Branch/Harris Fund, dated April 12, 1898 is present on the front pastedown. A dealer's description is laid onto the verso of the front free endpaper. "W/71" is inscribed, in an early hand, in the upper right corner of the title page

Notes

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Addeddate: 2016-01-04 21:30:15

Associated-names: Fox, George, 1624-1691. Queries by another hand for New-England priests and elders to answer; Tyso, John, -1700. Copy of a letter which was delivered into the hands of R. Bellingham, late governour of Boston in New-England, for him to read and consider