Wunnamptamoe Sampooaonk Wussampoowontamun Nashpe moeuwehkomunganash ut New-England : Qushkenumun en Indiane Unnontowaonganit / Nashpe Grindal Rawson, &c. ; [three lines of Scripture texts in Algonquian].

Author
Reforming Synod (1679-1680 : Boston, Mass.) [Browse]
Uniform title
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Mushauwomuk [i.e., Boston] : Printeuun nashpe Bartholomew Green, kah John Allen, 1699.
Description
[16], 161, [5] p. ; 14.2 x 9.5 cm (8vo)

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Notes
  • This catalogue record is derived in large part from a record for a microform.
  • Evans suggests that Rawson may have been assisted in the translation by Samuel Treat of Eastham, Mass.
  • Added title page: A confession of faith owned and consented unto by the elders & messengers of the churches assembled at Boston in New England, May 12. 1680. Being the second session of that Synod. ... Boston: Re-printed by Bartholomew Green, and John Allen., 1699.
  • Epistle Dedicatory, dedicated to Lieutenant Governor William Stoughton and Reverend Increase Mather, is signed by Rawson and gives a brief account of missionary labors among the Indians.
  • Signatures: A-L⁸ M⁴(-M4) (M3 verso blank).
Language note
Text in an Algonquian dialect and in English on facing pages.
Provenance
  • WHS copy acquired 3/15/82 from Katonah Village Library.
  • WHS copy: Booklabel: Brinley. '5688'; bookplate 'BI' (i.e. Brayton Ives).
References
  • ESTC W35677
  • Evans 860
  • Wing (2nd ed.) C5793
OCLC
66529842
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