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ROBINSON (WILLIAM) and WILLIAM LEDDRA
Several Epistles Given forth by Two of the Lords Faithful Servants, whom He Sent to New-England, to Bear Witness to His Everlasting Truth, and were there (by Priests, Rulers, and Professors) after Cruel and Long Imprisonment, and Inhumane Whippings and Banishment, Put to Death; for no other Cause, but for Keeping the Commandments of God, and Testimony of Jesus, London, printed in the year, 1669

14 June 2017, 13:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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ROBINSON (WILLIAM) and WILLIAM LEDDRA

Several Epistles Given forth by Two of the Lords Faithful Servants, whom He Sent to New-England, to Bear Witness to His Everlasting Truth, and were there (by Priests, Rulers, and Professors) after Cruel and Long Imprisonment, and Inhumane Whippings and Banishment, Put to Death; for no other Cause, but for Keeping the Commandments of God, and Testimony of Jesus, some soiling and staining, nineteenth century calf-backed boards, upper cover detached [ESTC R21104; Church 607; Sabin 72199], small 4to, London, printed in the year, 1669

Footnotes

SCARCE WORK ON THE BOSTON MARTYRS, the name given to the four Friends who were executed for their religious beliefs under the legislature of the Massachusetts Bay Colony between 1659 and 1661; Robinson was hanged in Boston in October 1659 and Leddra in January 1661. "One of the rarest tracts relating to the persecutions of the New England Quakers" (Sabin).

Provenance: Abraham Allen (possibly the Quaker imprisoned for his beliefs in the 166Os), signature on blank verso of final leaf.

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