The entertaining history of King Philip's War, which began in the month of June, 1675
Subtitle: As also of expeditions more lately made against the common enemy, and Indian rebels, in the eastern parts of New-England: with some account of the Divine Providence towards Col. Benjamin Church: By Thomas Church, Esq. his son.
Contributors: Church, Benjamin, 1704-1781.
Edition: The second edition.
Publisher: Boston: Printed, 1716. Newport, Rhode-Island: Reprinted and sold by Solomon Southwick, in Queen-Street
Published: 1772
Place of publication: [Newport, R.I.]
Language: eng
Format: Microform
Number of pages: 198
Work titles: Entertaining passages relating to Philip's War which began in the month of June, 1675.
Notes: Portraits of Benjamin Church and King Philip engraved by Paul Revere. For comments on the portrait of Church see remarks of Charles Deane in Proceedings of the Massachusetts Historical Society 19 (1881-82): 243-245.

"Ode heroica .."--p. [199], signed: Benj. Church, Sen. [son of Edward Church and grandson of Benjamin Church].

"The life of Colonel Church."--p. 195-198, written by Ezra Stiles, who is credited with editing this edition. Cf. Alden.

"And now my great age requiring my dismission from service in the militia, and to put off my armour, I am willing that the great and glorious works of almighty God, to us children of men, should appear to the world; and having my minutes by me, my son has taken the care and pains to collect from them the ensuing narrative .."--To the reader, signed: Benjamin Church.

First edition has title: Entertaining passages relating to Philip's War which began in the month of June, 1675.

Evans 12352; Alden, J.E. Rhode Island, 488

Microfilm. Woodbridge, CT Research Publications, Inc., 1986. 1 reel ; 35mm. (The Eighteenth Century ; reel 2131, no. 5).