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An inquiry into the right to change the ecclesiastical constitution of the Congregational churches of Massachusetts with a preface

Title
An inquiry into the right to change the ecclesiastical constitution of the Congregational churches of Massachusetts [electronic resource] : with a preface / addressed to the Rev. Joseph Lyman ... [by John Lowell].
Author
Lowell, John, 1769-1840.
Publication
Boston : Wells and Lille, 1816.

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Additional Authors
  • Morse, Jedidiah, 1761-1826.
  • Mather, Cotton, 1663-1728.
  • Lyman, Joseph, 1749-1828.
  • Layman
  • Massachusetts Congregational Conference
Description
79, viii p.; 22 cm.
Subject
  • Congregational churches > Massachusetts > Constitution
  • Congregational churches > Massachusetts > Government
  • Massachusetts > Church history > Sources
Note
  • "Under the sanction of whose name such a change has been proposed to the people of this states; to which is prefixed, Dr. Morse's report to the General Association of Massachusetts, from the Panoplist of August, 1815."
  • Report of the committee appointed "to inquire into the history of an original ms. document found among the papers of Rev. Dr. Cotton Mather, containing an answer to the question 'What further steps are to be taken that councils may have their due constitution and efficacy in supporting ... the interest of the churches?'": p. [3]-16, signed Jedidiah Morse, chairman.
  • Signed at end: A Layman.
  • Attributed to John Lowell.
  • Reproduction of the original from Yale University Libraries.
  • Sabin no. 22648.
Reproduction (note)
  • Electronic reproduction.
OCLC
TGPSM07-B490
Author
Lowell, John, 1769-1840.
Title
An inquiry into the right to change the ecclesiastical constitution of the Congregational churches of Massachusetts [electronic resource] : with a preface / addressed to the Rev. Joseph Lyman ... [by John Lowell].
Imprint
Boston : Wells and Lille, 1816.
Reproduction
Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2007. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
Local Note
Scanned copy imperfect: bleed-through of text throughout; poor print throughout.
Religion.
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Full text online available from home with a valid library card and onsite at NYPL
Added Author
Morse, Jedidiah, 1761-1826. Report to the General Association of Massachusetts.
Mather, Cotton, 1663-1728.
Lyman, Joseph, 1749-1828.
Layman.
Massachusetts Congregational Conference.
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