Mr. Mitchel's letter to his brother
Contributors: Eliot, Joseph, 1638-1694; Killinghall
Series: Early American imprints -- no. 3575
Publisher: s.n.
Published: 1740
Place of publication: [Boston?
Language: eng
Format: Microform
Number of pages: 22
Subjects: Mitchel, David; Salvation
Notes: Dated: From Harvard College in Cambridge, May 19. 1649

Evans, who locates no copy, records the imprint "Boston, Reprinted 1732." However, the use of Caslon ornaments suggests that this was printed no earlier than 1740. See: Bidwell, John. "Some Caslon ornaments in some American books," (Printing history, v. 2, no. 2, 1980): 21-25

"A copy of an excellent letter wrote by the Rev. Mr. John [i.e., Joseph] Eliot of Guilford, deceased, to his brother Mr. Benjamin Eliot of Roxbury. Carefully corrected from five several manuscripts: by Thomas Prince. Being an answer to this question, How to live in this world, so as to live in heaven."--p. 19-22. Dated: Guilford, May 18, 1664

"The late Rev. Mr. Killinghall, in England, upon reading the foregoing letter, wrote the following lines."--p. [23]

Evans 3575

Digital image available in the Readex/Newsbank Digital Evans series

Microfiche. [New York : Readex Microprint, 1985] 11 x 15 cm. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 3575)