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The ordeal of Thomas Barton : Anglican missionary in the Pennsylvania backcountry, 1755-1780 James P. Myers, Jr
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks BV 2803 .P4 M94 2010
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Myers, James P., 1941-
- Series:
- Studies in eighteenth-century America and the Atlantic world
- Studies in eighteenth-century America and the Atlantic World
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Barton, Thomas, 1730-1780.
- Barton, Thomas.
- Missionaries--Pennsylvania--Biography.
- Missionaries.
- Church of England--Missions--Pennsylvania.
- Church of England.
- Pennsylvania--History--1775-1865.
- Pennsylvania.
- Physical Description:
- 278 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Bethlehem [Pa.] : Lehigh University Press, c2010.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Watchman on the walls
- "Threaten'd, abus'd, & treated like a criminal"
- Memento mori
- "A swarm of sectaries"
- "A stark naked Presbyterian"
- No "canting parson"
- "The rage of the times"
- Martyr
- Appendices.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- HSP Credit Line: Thomas Barton to Rev. Frazer, 5 October 1779, Society Miscellaneous Collection; cover and page 4.
- ISBN:
- 9780982131343 (alk. paper)
- 0982131348 (alk. paper)
- OCLC:
- 428926485
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