A True State of the Bishop of London's Jurisdiction in the Plantations Abroad caption title

by Bishop Edmund Gibson

$950 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller

3, 1 pp. Bifolium. Separated at vertical centerfold. Provenance: General Theological Seminary perforated stamp on blank margin of second leaf . ESTC T177209. Item #378662 Following the death of King George I in 1727, the Bishop of London here re-submits to George II his petition that instructions be sent to the Governors of the Plantations in America to vigourously enforce laws against blasphemy, prophaneness, adultery, fornication, polygamy,

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