• The day-breaking, if not the sun-rising of the Gospell with the Indians in New-England

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Language:
  • English
Extent:
  • [2], 25, [1] p. ; 17.4 x 13 cm (4to).
Format:
  • Book
Type:
  • Early works to 1800
Description:
  • Variously attributed to John Eliot, Thomas Shepard, and John Wilson. Cf. Halkett & Laing (2nd ed.); BM.; Wing. For a discussion of the question of authorship, see Proceedings of the Massachusetts Historical Society, 1890/91, v. 26 (2d ser., v. 6) p. 392-395.
  • "To the reader", verso of title page, signed: Nathan. Warde.
  • The second of a series of 11 pamphlets, commonly known as the "Eliot tracts," published in London from 1643 to 1671 in the interests of missionary work among the Indians of New England.
  • Signatures: A-C⁴ D² (D2 verso blank).
  • Title page printed within ornamental woodcut border; woodcut headpieces; initials.
  • WHS shelf-list has note: Eliot Indian tract no. 2.
Publisher:
  • London, : Printed by Rich. Cotes, for Fulk Clifton, and are to bee sold at his shop under Saint Margarets Church on New-Fish-Street Hill, 1647.
Subject:
  • Massachuset Indians
  • Massachuset Indians—Missions—Early works to 1800
  • Indians of North America—New England
  • Indians of North America—Missions—New England
  • Indians of North America—Massachusetts
  • Indians of North America—Missions—Massachusetts
  • Missions—New England
  • Massachusetts—History—Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
  • New England—History—Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
  • Indigenous Studies
Title sort:
  • day-breaking, if not the sun-rising of the Gospell with the Indians in New-England.
Spatial:
  • New England
  • Massachusetts
References:
  • Wing (CD-ROM, 1996), S3110
  • Church, E.D. Discovery 482
  • Alden, J.E. European Americana 647/156
  • JCB Lib cat., pre-1675, II:359
  • ESTC R21203
  • Sabin 80207
Contributor:
  • Ward, Nathaniel, 1578-1652
  • Eliot, John, 1604-1690
  • Shepard, Thomas, 1605-1649
  • Wilson, John, 1588-1667
  • Clifton, Fulke
  • Society for Propagation of the Gospel in New England
Bookseller:
  • Goodspeed's Book Shop (Boston, Mass.)
Created:
  • 1647-01-01T00:00:00Z
Date:
  • 1647
Identifier:
  • ark:/88435/dc9880w244s
Edm rights:
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Range label:
  • Logical
Alternative:
  • Day-breaking, if not the sun-rising of the Gospel with the Indians in New-England
  • Eliot Indian tract no. 2
Binding note:
  • WHS shelf-list has note: Binding, Pratt, W.
Provenance:
  • WHS copy acquired 12/19/27 from Goodspeed's; inv. 594.
Printer:
  • Cotes, Richard, -1653