A brief history of the warr with the Indians in New-England : (from June 24, 1675. when the first English-man was murdered by the Indians, to August 12. 1676. when Philip aliàs Metacomet, the principal author and beginner of the warr, was slain.) Wherein the grounds, beginning, and progress of the warr, is summarily expressed. : Together with a serious exhortation to the inhabitants of that land, / by Increase Mather, teacher of a church of Christ, in Boston in New-England. ; [Eight lines of quotations].

Accession number

PML 3596.1

Creator

Mather, Increase, 1639-1723.

Published

Boston, : Printed and sold by John Foster over against the Sign of the Dove., 1676.

Credit line

Purchased with the Irwin collection, 1900.

Notes

Seal of Massachusetts Bay, p. 15.
"An earnest exhortation to the inhabitants of New-England ... by Increase Mather ..."--[4], 26, [2] p. at end, with separate title page. Also issued separately (Evans 221).
First ed.

Description

[6], 51, [13], 26, [2] p. : ill. ; 19 cm.

Provenance

From the Brinley & Irwin collections.

Binding

Red morocco, gilt.

Classification

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