Chauncy, Charles:

$500 · Offered by William Reese Company

A LETTER TO A FRIEND, CONTAINING REMARKS ON CERTAIN PASSAGES IN A SERMON PREACHED, BY THE RIGHT REVEREND FATHER IN GOD, JOHN LORD BISHOP OF LANDAFF, BEFORE THE INCORPORATED SOCIETY FOR THE ... Chauncy's reply to criticisms levied in England that the people of the American colonies had not been rigorous in upholding and promoting the tenets of their faith, especially in regards to missionary work. Chauncy (1705-87) was the minister of the First Church in Boston for sixty years, and is also the author of the first account in book form of Braddock's defeat during the French and Indian War.

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