Reply to John Davenport, ca. 1663-1975 ; bulk: ca. 1663.

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Reply to John Davenport, ca. 1663-1975 ; bulk: ca. 1663.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/51180961

Manuscript draft of an essay probably written by Rev. Thomas Thacher as a reply to Rev. John Davenport's religious tract, "Another essay for investigation of the truth ...," ca. 1663. Cover page of essay states, "Peleg Sanford his book, 1697." Includes a note written by James McSwain explaining why Thacher is most likely the author of the essay, 1975.

1 v. in a case (and 1 narrow box of photocopies)

Massachusetts Historical Society

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Thacher, Thomas, 1620-1678

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McSwain, James.

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Davenport, John, 1597-1670

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John Davenport (1597-1669/70) was reared in Coventry, Warwickshire, England. He was curate of St. Lawrence Jewry in London from 1619 to 1624, and graduated from Oxford in 1625. Davenport served as vicar of St. Stephen's parish in London from 1625 to 1633. In that year he fled to Amsterdam, Holland, when his increasingly Puritan views incurred the disfavor of the new Archbishop of Canterbury, William Laud (1573-1645). In 1637, Davenport arrived in Boston, Mass., and became first minister of the N...

Sanford, Peleg, 1639-1701

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