The Wonderful narrative: or, A faithful account of the French prophets, their agitations, extasies, and inspirations : to which are added, several other remarkable instances of persons under the influence of the like spirit, in various parts of the world, particularly in New-England. : In a letter to a friend. : With an appendix, directing to the proper use of such extraordinary appearances in the course of Providence. : [Three lines from I John].
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Boston : Printed and sold by Rogers and Fowle, at the head of Queen-Street near the Town-House, 1742. |
| Description | 108 pages, 4 unnumbered pages ; 17 cm (8vo) |
| Supplemental Content | Evans Digital Edition |
| Subjects |
| Other author/creator | Chauncy, Charles, 1705-1787. |
| Other author/creator | Colman, Benjamin, 1673-1747. |
| Other author/creator | Stiles, Ezra, 1727-1795. |
| Other author/creator | Whittelsey, Chauncey, 1717-1787. |
| Series | Early American imprints. First series ; no. 4915. ^A478749 |
| General note | Half-title: An account of the French prophets, with others of the like spirit. |
| General note | Variously attributed to Charles Chauncy, Benjamin Colman and Ezra Stiles. Chauncy denies knowledge of its authorship in correspondence reprinted in: New England historical and genealogical register 10 (October, 1856): 334. |
| General note | The appendix, apparently by another hand (Charles Chauncy's?), is signed: Anti-Enthusiasticus. See Gaustad, E.S. "Charles Chauncy and the Great Awakening" in Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America 45 (1951): 125-135. Gaustad suggests Chauncy Whittelsey as author of the Wonderful narrative. |
| General note | Error in paging: p. 55 misnumbered 57. |
| General note | "Corrections."--p. [109]. |
| References | Evans 4915 |
| Other forms | Microform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series. |
| Reproduction note | Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2002-2004. Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 4915). |
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