Rélation de la conversion de Mr. Jean Thayer : ministre protestant de Boston, en l'Amérique septentrionalle, converti à la religion catholique à Rome le 23 [sic] mai 1783 : manuscript, [after 1801] / Ecrite par lui même avec une lettre à son frere, en réponse à quelques objections sur le par

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Rélation de la conversion de Mr. Jean Thayer : ministre protestant de Boston, en l'Amérique septentrionalle, converti à la religion catholique à Rome le 23 [sic] mai 1783 : manuscript, [after 1801] / Ecrite par lui même avec une lettre à son frere, en réponse à quelques objections sur le parti qu'il à pris, et une autre lettre d'une d[emois]elle angloise à qui il a fait faire son abjuration au moins de [septem]bre de la presente année à Londres, quelle lui à ecrite le landemain de sa premiere communion.

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Comprised of 2 manuscript works, the first is a copy of a work by John Thayer, originally published in London in 1787, the second is unidentified and has a copy of a letter dated 1801 inserted between pp. 96-97 (128 ff.); plus 3 printed pamphlets bound in at the end (32 ff.).

1 v. (160 leaves) : paper ; 17 cm.

University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library

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