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Rules for the Society of Negroes. 1693.

Author/creator Society of Negroes
Other author/creatorMather, Cotton, 1663-1728.
Format Book and Microform
Publication Info[Boston] : [Printed by Bartholomew Green?], [1714?]
Description1 sheet (1 unnumbered page) ; 31 x 20 cm.
Subject(s)
Series Early American imprints. First series ; no. 653
Early American imprints. First series ; no. 653. ^A478749
General noteNine numbered rules written by Cotton Mather. Eight appear in Mather's diary for October, 1693. The ninth, written later, mentions his Negro Christianized, first published in 1706.
General noteAscribed to the press of Bartholomew Green and dated between 1706 and 1713 by Holmes. The American Antiquarian Society copy includes a ms. note by Samuel Sewall on verso: Left at my house for me, when I was not at home, by Spaniard Dr. Mather's Negro; March 23. 1713-14.
General notePrinted area measures: 27.3 x 12.3 cm.
References Evans 653
References Ford, W.C. Broadsides, 371
References Holmes, T.J. Cotton Mather, 336
Reproduction noteJoyner- Microfiche. [New York : Readex Microprint, 1985] 11 x 15 cm. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 653).
Genre/formBroadsides.

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