A sermon preached before the Incorporated Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts; at their anniversary meeting in the parish-church of St. Mary-le-Bow, on Friday, February 17, 1737-8. By Thomas Lord Bishop of Bangor.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Herring, Thomas, 1693-1757 20238

Contributor:

Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790, former owner.

Athenaeum of Philadelphia, former owner.

Franklin, William Temple, 1760-1823, annotator.

Duane, William, 1760-1835, former owner.

Dufief, N. G. 1776?-1834, bookseller.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

70,[2]p. ; 4°.

Place of Publication:

London : printed for J. and J. Pemberton, 1738.

Notes:

Includes: 'An abstract of the proceedings of the .. Society .. From .. February, 1736 [i.e.1737] to .. February, 1737 [i.e.1738], pp.[31]-48; 'The names of the Society's missionaries', pp.[49]-53; 'Abstract of the charter', pp.[54]-59; 'List of the members', pp.[60]-67; and 'List of the bishops, deans', pp.68-70.

The same setting of type was also printed using an 8° imposition.

Also issued without the Abstracts and Lists of the Society.

Local Notes:

HSP in LCP.

Historical Society copy Af.353.1: Benjamin Franklin's copy.

Historical Society copy Af.353.1: Modern half sheep over contemporary floral boards; bound with other items. Note on flyleaf in William Temple Franklin's hand: Sermons & Theological Tracts.; purchased from Dufief, 1801- 03, by Col. William Duane; sold by him in 1822 to the Athenaeum of Philadelphia (32); sold in turn by it, 22 December 1885, to the Historical Society of Pennsylvania.