Our fathers God, the hope of posterity. : Some serious thoughts on the foundation, rise and growth of the settlements in New England; with a view to the edification of the present, and the instruction, and admonition of future generations. A discourse delivered at Dedham, on the day of publick thanksgiving, Nov. 23. 1738. Upon the conclusion of the first century, since a church of Christ was gathered in that place. / By Samuel Dexter, V.D.M. ; [Four lines of Scripture texts].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dexter, Samuel, 1700-1755, author.

Contributor:

First Church (Dedham, Mass.)

Series:

Early American imprints. First series ; no. 4236.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

First Church (Dedham, Mass.).

Dedham (Mass.)--History.

Genre:

Century sermons -- 1738.

Thanksgiving sermons -- 1738 Nov. 23.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (4 unnumbered pages, i page, 1 unnumbered page, 51 pages, 1 unnumbered page)

Place of Publication:

Boston: : Printed and sold by S. Kneeland and T. Green, in Queenstreet over against the prison., 1738.

System Details:

text file

Notes:

Half-title: Mr. Dexter's century sermon, on the publick thanksgiving November 23. 1738.

Two states noted. In one, pages 23 is not numbered, and the first word on pages 28 is "There." In another, p. 23 is numbered, and several lines on p. 27-28 have been shifted, aligning the footnotes with the corresponding text. First word on p. 28 is "with."

"Errata."--p. 51.

Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Incorporated, 2002-2004. Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. First series ; numbers 4236).

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Evans 4236

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