The essential rights and liberties of Protestants : a seasonable plea for the liberty of conscience and the right of private judgment in matters of religion, without any controul from human authority : being a letter from a gentleman in the Massachusetts-Bay to his friend in Connecticut, wherein some thoughts on the origin, end, and extent of the civil power, with some brief considerations on several late laws in Connecticut, are humbly offered / by a Lover of truth and liberty.

Author
Williams, Elisha, 1694-1755 [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Boston : Printed and sold by S. Kneeland and T. Green ..., 1744.
Description
[2], 66 p. ; 22 cm. (8vo)

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    Notes
    • Written by Elisha Williams; sometimes attributed to Thomas Cushing. Cf. Evans, Halkett & Laing.
    • Signatures: A1 B-I⁴ K1.
    Binding note
    Princeton copy 1 Modern black quarter leather; black cloth boards.
    Provenance
    • Princeton copy 1 inscribed on title page 'John Porteri Ex dono' and 'C. H. Porter.'
    • Princeton copy 1 Bookplate of Zion Research Library.
    Source acquisition
    Ex copy: Gift: Sidney Lapidus, Princeton Class of 1959, 2010.
    References
    • ESTC W32065
    • Evans 5520
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    Also available in an electronic version.
    LCCN
    97147990
    OCLC
    37418488
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