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John Wise. Early American Democrat / George Allan Cook.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [1952]Copyright date: ©1952Description: 1 online resource (246 p.)Content type:
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  • 9780231917025
  • 9780231885041
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  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- Introduction -- I. Ancestry and Early Life -- II. Years at Harvard -- III. Unsettled Years -- IV. For a Good God and a Good King -- V. Chaplain against Quebec -- VI. “Storms of Witchcrafts” -- VII. Life at Chebacco -- VIII. The “Popish Plot” in New England -- IX. The Churches Quarrel Espoused -- X. Wise’s “Small Treatise” -- XI. Liberal Notions -- XII. The Lamp Burned Out -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary: A biography of the 17th to 18th century reverend and New England political figure John Wise, who lead his town in protest against an arbitrarily imposed tax, acted as spokesman for one of the earliest 'No taxation without representation' challenges, petitioned for two of the most vigorously prosecuted victims in the Salem witch trials, and who advocated many other causes during his life.
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Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- Introduction -- I. Ancestry and Early Life -- II. Years at Harvard -- III. Unsettled Years -- IV. For a Good God and a Good King -- V. Chaplain against Quebec -- VI. “Storms of Witchcrafts” -- VII. Life at Chebacco -- VIII. The “Popish Plot” in New England -- IX. The Churches Quarrel Espoused -- X. Wise’s “Small Treatise” -- XI. Liberal Notions -- XII. The Lamp Burned Out -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index

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A biography of the 17th to 18th century reverend and New England political figure John Wise, who lead his town in protest against an arbitrarily imposed tax, acted as spokesman for one of the earliest 'No taxation without representation' challenges, petitioned for two of the most vigorously prosecuted victims in the Salem witch trials, and who advocated many other causes during his life.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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