TWO DISCOURSES DELIVERED OCTOBER 25TH. 1759. BEING THE DAY APPOINTED BY AUTHORITY TO BE OBSERVED AS A DAY OF PUBLIC THANKSGIVING, FOR THE SUCCESS OF HIS MAJESTY'S ARMS, MORE PARTICULARLY IN THE REDUCTION OF QUEBEC, THE CAPITAL OF CANADA. WITH AN APPENDIX, CONTAINING A BRIEF ACCOUNT OF TWO FORMER EXPEDITIONS, AGAINST THAT CITY AND COUNTRY, WHICH PROVED UNSUCCESSFUL
by Mayhew, Jonathan
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Boston, New-England: Richard Draper..., 1759. 67, [12- Appendix], [1 blank] pp, lacking the half title. Disbound. Small institutional withdrawal rubberstamp at bottom corner of final blank. Light wear, closed tear [no loss] at leaf 45-46. Good+.
"God has done many considerable, and some great things for us, in this time." Mayhew reviews the course of the War in unusual detail. He notes the now-dashed hopes of the French for "a descent upon the island of Britain, with a formidable army; and again to bring the Pretender on the stage."
Mayhew, a defender of American religious liberty against both Anglican pretensions and the Pope of Rome, says that "we may, without much presumption, look on Canada as a conquered country." He predicts that Britain and the Americans may now cultivate peaceful relations with all the Indian tribes.
FIRST EDITION. Evans 8417. Sabin 47149. ESTC W2543.
"God has done many considerable, and some great things for us, in this time." Mayhew reviews the course of the War in unusual detail. He notes the now-dashed hopes of the French for "a descent upon the island of Britain, with a formidable army; and again to bring the Pretender on the stage."
Mayhew, a defender of American religious liberty against both Anglican pretensions and the Pope of Rome, says that "we may, without much presumption, look on Canada as a conquered country." He predicts that Britain and the Americans may now cultivate peaceful relations with all the Indian tribes.
FIRST EDITION. Evans 8417. Sabin 47149. ESTC W2543.
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- TWO DISCOURSES DELIVERED OCTOBER 25TH. 1759. BEING THE DAY APPOINTED BY AUTHORITY TO BE OBSERVED AS A DAY OF PUBLIC THANKSGIVING, FOR THE SUCCESS OF HIS MAJESTY'S ARMS, MORE PARTICULARLY IN THE REDUCTION OF QUEBEC, THE CAPITAL OF CANADA. WITH AN APPENDIX, CONTAINING A BRIEF ACCOUNT OF TWO FORMER EXPEDITIONS, AGAINST THAT CITY AND COUNTRY, WHICH PROVED UNSUCCESSFUL
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- Mayhew, Jonathan
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- Richard Draper...
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- Boston, New-England
- Date Published
- 1759
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- CATHOLIC; AMERICANA;
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