Decus ac Tutamen A brief essay on the blessings enjoy'd by a people that have men of a right character shining among them. Offered in commemoration of that good and great man the Honourable Gurdon Saltonstall Esq; late governour of Connecticut-colony New-England. Who expired, at New-London; Sept 20th. 1724. In the fifty-ninth year of his age. By Cotton Mather, D.D. & F.R.S. [Three lines of quotations].
Mather, Cotton,1663-1728.
New-London [Conn.] : Printed by T. Green,
1724.
Caption title: Who they are that bring blessings with them.
Dedication to Mrs. Mary Saltonstall signed: Cotton Mather.
Half-title: Dr. Mather's funeral sermon in commemoration of .. Gurdon Saltonstall Esq ..
ESTC
Evans 2552; Holmes, T.J. Cotton Mather, 86; Trumbull, J.H. Connecticut, 1094; Johnson, H.A. New London, 181