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All auctions / Books, Maps & Manuscripts / America.- Account of the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts
America.- Account of the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts (An), drop-head title with engraved device, double-column, trimmed affecting page number, expert tissue repairs and strengthening to foldlines, staining to top edge, [ESTC T18722; Sabin 99], Joseph Downing, 1704, bound after, William the Third, By the Grace of God ... 1. Whereas we are credibly informed, that in many of our Plantations, Colonies and Factories beyond the Seas ... the Provision for Ministers is very Mean ..., trimmed affecting side notes, [ESTC T52541], J. Downing, [1702], together 2 works in 1 vol., mounted on stubs, light spotting to endpapers, previous owner's ink signature, nineteenth-century half-roan, rubbing to corners and extremities, folio. *** Scarce. The Society of the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts was established by Royal Charter under the reign of King William III as a missionary society in order to provide clergy from the Church of England to minister to settlers in the colonies, as well as convert the indigenous populations to Christianity. The first mentioned provides a table of places, most in the Americas such as New England, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia and, Newfoundland. It records the present state of religion in those areas as well as any monetary donations received and whether they require ministers, schools or libraries. "The Yammonsea Indians, Mr. Samuel Thomas was sent to instruct these Indians in the Christian Religion; but finding it an improper Season: His Mission is respited for some time."
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