Some miscellany observations on our present debates respecting witchcrafts : in a dialogue between S. & B. / by P.E. and J.A.

Author/creator Willard, Samuel
Other author English, Philip, 1651-1736.
Other author Alden, John, ca. 1623-1701.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoPhiladelphia [i.e. Boston?] : Printed by William Bradford, for Hezekiah Usher, 1692.
Description16 p.
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SeriesEarly English books online. ^A888680
General noteCaption title.
General noteWritten by Samuel Willard. The purported authors P.E. and J.A. are identified as Philip English and John Alden by David C. Brown in his "The Salem witchcraft trials: Samuel Willard's 'Some Miscellany Observations.'" Essex Institute Historical Proceedings 122 (1986): 207-236. Alden and Hezekiah Usher, a Boston merchant, were members of Willard's church, and English, Alden and Usher were fugitives from justice at the time of the book's publication. According to Brown, "S." and "B." represent either Salem and Boston or, less likely, Stoughton and Brattle.
General noteEvidently not in fact printed by William Bradford at Philadelphia, as the typeface is not one used by Bradford. The false imprint was intended to circumvent an order by the governor against printing of any discourses on the witchcraft controversy. Cf. Brown.
General noteImperfect: stained and with print show-through.
General noteReproduction of original in: New York Public Library.
References Wing (2nd ed.), W2296
Reproduction noteElectronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1999- (Early English books online) Digital version of: (Early English Books, 1641-1700 ; 2972:19)
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