Higginson, Nathaniel. 1652-1708,
*H1.89.28 Deplorable state, The, of New-England, ... (Continued, 2.) pamphlet is said to be by the Rev. John Higginson of Salem, then aged 92.” Baldwin does not include the pamphlet in his bibliography of John Higginson, in Proceedings of the Massachusetts Historical Society, series 2, vol. 16, pp. 520, 521. Palfrey, in his History of New England, vol. 4, p. 310, doubts “very little that Cotton Mather was more or less concerned in the composition.” Evans, in his American bibliography, vol. 1, p. 203, says: “Trumbull thinks that the smartness and pedantry of the style are characteristic of the Rev. John Wise of Chebacco.” (Continued on the next card.) [This work is kept on the Special Libraries Floor.]
This card was printed at the Boston & Public Library, October 11, 1911.
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