A reply to the objections made against taking the small pox in the way of inoculation from principles of conscience. In a letter to a friend in the country. By a minister in Boston. [Three lines from Luke]

People / Organizations

William Cooper (Author)

Imprint

Boston: Printed for S. Gerrish in Corn-hill, and J. Phillips at the Stationers Arms near the town-dock, 1730.

Added name

Mather, Cotton, 1663-1728. Gerrish, Samuel, d. 1741, bookseller. Phillips, John, 1701-1763, bookseller. Cooper, William, 1694-1743. Letter to a friend in the country ...

Publication year

1730

ESTC No.

W21818

Grub Street ID

331610

Description

[4],iv,14,[2]p. ; 8⁰

Note

Half-title: A reply to the religious scruples against inoculating the small-pox.

In the signed preface, Cooper acknowledges his authorship. Erroneously attributed to Cotton Mather.

First published in 1721 as: A letter to a friend in the country, attempting a solution of the scruples and objections of conscientious or religious nature, commonly made against the new way of receiving the small-pox.

Uncontrolled note

Signatures: [A]? B-C?

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A reply to the objections made against taking the small pox in the way of inoculation from principles of conscience. In a letter to a friend in the country. By a minister in Boston. [Three lines from Luke]