Callender, John:

$7,500 · Offered by William Reese Company

AN HISTORICAL DISCOURSE ON THE CIVIL AND RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS OF THE COLONY OF RHODE-ISLAND AND PROVIDENCE PLANTATIONS IN NEW-ENGLAND IN AMERICA. FROM THE FIRST SETTLEMENT 1638, TO THE END OF FIRST ... An important colonial history containing a good deal of information concerning Roger Williams, religious freedom, Indians and Indian wars, etc., by the pastor of the Baptist church in Newport, Rhode Island, the second Baptist church in the United States. A rather learned work, drawing upon much original research, as well as critical readings and assessments of the histories of William Hubbard and Cotton Mather. Callender's Historical Discourse has been described as "the most important survey of the colony's history for more than one hundred years" (Kraus). An excellent Rhode Island item.

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