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... appeared to adorn American letters . The first book printed was the " Bay Psalm Book , " a rude rendering of the Hebrew . As the preface informs us , " It hath been one part of our religious care and faithful endeavor to keep close to ...
... appeared to adorn American letters . The first book printed was the " Bay Psalm Book , " a rude rendering of the Hebrew . As the preface informs us , " It hath been one part of our religious care and faithful endeavor to keep close to ...
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... conduct in advocating vaccination at a time when it was considered a dangerous and impious innovation . When the 1 Autobiography , chap . i . smallpox made its appearance in Boston , the physicians , COTTON MATHER . 29.
... conduct in advocating vaccination at a time when it was considered a dangerous and impious innovation . When the 1 Autobiography , chap . i . smallpox made its appearance in Boston , the physicians , COTTON MATHER . 29.
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Including Illustrative Selections, with Notes Franklin Verzelius Newton Painter. smallpox made its appearance in Boston , the physicians , with one honorable exception , were opposed to the newly advocated system of vaccination on the ...
Including Illustrative Selections, with Notes Franklin Verzelius Newton Painter. smallpox made its appearance in Boston , the physicians , with one honorable exception , were opposed to the newly advocated system of vaccination on the ...
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... appearance in various colonies . The press at last became free . Official censor- ship received its death - blow in New York in 1734 , when Andrew Hamilton , an aged lawyer of Philadelphia , ad- dressed the jury in behalf of an ...
... appearance in various colonies . The press at last became free . Official censor- ship received its death - blow in New York in 1734 , when Andrew Hamilton , an aged lawyer of Philadelphia , ad- dressed the jury in behalf of an ...
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... appeared in the paper . Having caught the mania for appearing in print , and fearing to have his productions rejected if the authorship were known , he dis- guised his hand , wrote an anonymous paper , and slipped it at night under the ...
... appeared in the paper . Having caught the mania for appearing in print , and fearing to have his productions rejected if the authorship were known , he dis- guised his hand , wrote an anonymous paper , and slipped it at night under the ...
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