STRICTURES ON THE REV. MR. THATCHER'S PAMPHLET, ENTITLED, OBSERVATIONS UPON THE STATE OF THE CLERGY OF NEW-ENGLAND. WITH STRICTURES UPON THE POWER OF DISMISSING THEM, USURPED BY SOME CHURCHES. By J.S. - a Layma
1784 · Boston
by [Sullivan, James
Boston: Benjamin Edes and Sons, 1784. 28,2pp. Dbd. Contemporary ownership inscription on titlepage. Top of second leaf torn away, still attached to top of first leaf. Lightly foxed. Very good. Rebuttal to Peter Thatcher's pamphlet entitled OBSERVATIONS UPON THE PRESENT STATE OF THE CLERGY OF NEW-ENGLAND... (Boston, 1783). The author dispute's Thatcher's claims that "the clergy are poor, despised, and neglected," asserting that the general circumstances of the parishioners following the Revolution is also greatly reduced in means and that they are settling ministers as they are able. Only a handful of copies in ESTC. EVANS 18800. ESTC W3582. (Inventory #: WRCAM47828)