A LETTER FROM THE REVD. MR. SERGEANT OF STOCKBRIDGE TO DR. COLMAN OF BOSTON.
- (Lancaster, PA: Lancaster Press, 1929).
- small 8vo.
- cloth, top edge cut, other edges uncut
- (ii), 16 pages
Price: $125.00 other currencies
Order Nr. 116205
Limited to 200 numbered copies. (Original Evans 5288). Facsimile reprint from the original in the library of Thea Heye of New York. Originally printed by Rogers and Fowle, for D. Henchman, 1743. A proposal by Revd. Sergeant, of Hadley, Massachusetts, for education American Indian children by teaching them English to instill into them "a more lasting impression, the principles of virtue and piety." Written in the context of the Great Awakening of the 1730s-40s. Includes Colman's reply to Sergeant's letter.
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