A CENTURY SERMON PREACHED AT DEERFIELD, FEBRUARY 29, 1804: IN COMMEMORATION OF THE DESTRUCTION OF THE TOWN BY THE FRENCH AND INDIANS.
Greenfield, Ma. Printed by John Denio, 1804. 32pp. Dbd. Contemporary gift inscription on titlepage. Very good. In a folding cloth case. Item #WRCAM30477
Taylor's sermon was given to mark the centennial of the destruction of Deerfield by French and Indian forces in 1704. The town was sacked during the same period of New England Indian wars that resulted in the captivity of John Williams and his family. The text is an even mix of historical rendering describing the events of the famous attack and scriptural analog. JONES 702. SABIN 94496. SHAW & SHOEMAKER 7334.
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