[Rarebooks] fs: Hang Those Quakers High!!!

[Joslin Hall Rare Books]

     A chatty piece of history-telling containing a
     remarkable defense of the hanging of Quakers-

Crowell, Robert. HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF ESSEX FROM 1634 to 1700.
Boston; C.C.P. Moody: 1853.

A chatty piece of history-telling by the pastor of the Congregational 
Church in Essex. Contains some very interesting descriptions of the early 
laws of the colony and how they were carried out, including a rather 
remarkable defense of the hanging of Quakers. Makes mention of some early 
Essex industries including saw mills and fishing. A pleasant, informative 
ramble. Hardcover. 5"x8", 166 pages, + 3 page subscriber list; 
frontispiece, folding map, several line illustrations in the text; bound in 
orignal blind-embossed light brown cloth; light cover wear, spine head 
slightly chipped; bookplate of Ellerton Pratt Whitney & Ellen Sargent 
Whitney. [07296] $100.00

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