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A coquet turned preacher; or A true copy, of a series of letters, written by Stephen Bemis, to a young lady, in Westminster.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bemis, Stephen, 1774-1828.
- Series:
- Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 24805.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Breach of promise--Massachusetts.
- Breach of promise.
- Love-letters.
- Harvard (Mass.)--Church history.
- Harvard (Mass.).
- Harvard (Mass.)--Politics and government.
- Massachusetts.
- Genre:
- Acrostics.
- Physical Description:
- iv pages, 1 unnumbered page, 6-16 pages ; 17 cm (12mo)
- Place of Publication:
- [Leominster, Mass.?] : [Printed by Salmon Wilder?], [1812 or 1813]
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- text file
- Notes:
- The letters are addressed to Lucy Mosman. Bemis is charged in the preface and in a series of questions on p. 16 with breach of promise in ending his relationship with Miss Mosman.
- Evans suggests a publication date of 1796, shortly after the letters were written. However, the preface describes Bemis as residing as minister in Harvard, Mass., a position he did not assume until 1801. Bemis, a Federalist in a predominantly Jeffersonian parish, was forced to resign in April of 1813, and it is likely that these letters were published shortly before in an effort to discredit him.
- Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2004-2007] Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 24805).
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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