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Remarkable providences : illustrative of the earlier days of American colonisation / by Increase Mather ; with introductory preface, by George Offor.
Mather, Increase, 1639-1723. | Offor, George.

Remarkable providences : illustrative of the earlier days of American colonisation / by Increase Mather ; with introductory preface, by George Offor.

John Russell Smith (1856)
monograph/item
262 pages | England | English
Dewey 974
LC Control No. 36003757

Subject

  • Legends New England.
  • New England History Colonial period, approximately 1600-1775.
  • Providence and government of God.
  • Witchcraft New England Early works to 1800.

Plot

Includes reprint of original title-page: An essay for the recording of illustrious providences (Boston, 1684).Chapter 6, "That there are daemons and possessed persons" includes material on witchcraft, e.g. "That there are witches proved by three argume

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Accession# 15377London : John Russell Smith, 1856.xix, [19], 262 pages, [1] leaf of plates : portrait ; 18 cm.Varying form of title: Essay for the recording of illustrious providences