Collections of the Massachusettes Historical Society Volvii of the Third Series
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ISBN10: 1150941839
ISBN13: 9781150941832
Publisher: General Books
Pages: 106
Weight: 0.45
Height: 0.22 Width: 7.44 Depth: 9.69
Language: English
ISBN13: 9781150941832
Publisher: General Books
Pages: 106
Weight: 0.45
Height: 0.22 Width: 7.44 Depth: 9.69
Language: English
This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1838. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... There is also a paper written by the venerable parent, dated May 1, 1705, entitled My last words to my children. It begins with stating, that he came to New England in the year 1629, with his honored Father; that he was acknowledged to be a member of the purest church of Salem, and upon examination by the Pastor, was received to full communion, and admitted to the Lord-s Supper.--We learn, elsewhere, that he was the first person admitted to this church, after its formation.--In the writing before us, in a strain of deep and solemn piety, he gives his paternal counsels; and thus concludes;--Amongst other good books, I desire you to read often, my little book of making peace with God. It contains the substance of all saving truth: and so the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen. Your dying father, John Higginson. COLONEL QUARRY'S MEMORIAL TO THE LORDS COMMISSIONERS OF TRADE AND PLANTATIONS, ON THE STATE OF THE AMERICAN COLONIES. Copied from a Ms. in the Library of the British Museum; and communicated to the Massachusetts Historical Society, by J. Francis Fisher, Esq., of Philadelphia; a Corresponding Member. Colonel Quarry was Judge of the Admiralty in New York and Pennsylvania, and a kind of Government Spy in this country. See the Memoirs of the Pennsylvania Historical Society, for a memorial of his, on the subject of the state of the Colony of Pennsylvania and William Penn's replies. He was said to be of the council for five governments at one time, viz. New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland and Virginia. Beverley, in his History of Virginia, pp. 92, 9fi and 97, represents him as joining with Nicholson, the then Governor of that Colony, in unfavorable representations against the Colonies. He died about the year 1712. COLONEL QUARRY...