A Letter To the Right Honourable Horatio Walpole, Esq.; Written Jan. 9, 1750-1 ... concerning Bishops in America

by Thomas Secker

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4 , 28pp. EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED with an engraved frontispiece plate titled An Attempt to Land a Bishop in America. 8vo. Later half morocco and marbled paper covered boards. ESTC T91457; Adams, American Controversy 69-31; Sabin 78716. Item #375167 Thomas Secker 1693-1768 was Archbishop of Canterbury when he wrote this work advocating an Anglican bishop in America, though requested it be published posthumously. Secker thought an Anglican bishopy was

• Binding: Leather

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