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A Vindication of the ministers of Boston, from the abuses & scandals, lately cast upon them, in diverse printed papers : By some of their people. [Two lines from Matthew].
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mather, Cotton, 1663-1728., Author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Smallpox--Vaccination.
- Smallpox.
- Clergy--Massachusetts--Boston.
- Clergy.
- Clergy--Early works to 1800.
- Smallpox--Vaccination--Early works to 1800.
- Boston (Mass.)--Religious life and customs--Early works to 1800.
- Boston (Mass.).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource ([2],14p. )
- Other Title:
- Vindication of the ministers of Boston, from the abuses & scandals, lately cast upon them, in diverse printed papers
- Place of Publication:
- Boston in New-England : Printed by B. Green, for Samuel Gerrish, at his shop near the Brick Meeting House in Corn-Hill, 1722.
- Notes:
- In defence of those ministers advocating the practice of inoculation for smallpox.
- "The compiler of the work is not known, but [Cotton] Mather's contributions have been definitely proved."--Holmes.
- Reproduction of original from British Library.
- Cited in:
- Evans, 2396
- Holmes, T.J. Cotton Mather, 430
- Austin, R.B. Early Amer. medical imprints, 1980
- English Short Title Catalog, W29671.
- OCLC:
- 642788241
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