Stephen Burrouhs' [sic] sermon : Delivered in Rutland on a hay-mow. To his auditory the Pelhamites, at the time when a mob of them, after having pursued him to Rutland, in order to apprehend him because he had abruptly departed and absconded from Pelham, where he had been preaching the Gospel, shut himself into a barn, to which he ran for assylum [sic]; when he ascended a hay mow which was inaccessible except in one place, with a weapon of defence in his hand with which he kept off his pursuers at pleasure, as mentioned in the author's Memoirs page ninety, and delivered to them the following sermon on the occasion.

Author/creator Burroughs, Stephen
Other author First Presbyterian Church (Pelham, Mass.)
Format Electronic
Publication Info[United States] : [publisher not identified], [not before 1798]
Description9 pages, 3 unnumbered pages ; 17 cm (12mo)
Supplemental ContentEvans Digital Edition
Subjects

Uniform titleStephen Burroughs's sermon
SeriesEarly American imprints. First series ; no. 48385. ^A478749
General noteCaption title: Hay-mow sermon, &c.
General noteBurroughs' flight from Pelham occurred in 1784. However, reference made in the sermon to Shays' Rebellion (1786-87) indicates that some, if not all, of the sermon was composed after the event. Burroughs' Memoirs, referred to in the title, were published in 1798.
General note"Paddy's hymn."--p. 9-[10].
References Bristol B10252
References Shipton & Mooney 48385
Other formsMicroform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series.
Reproduction noteElectronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2002-2004. Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 48385).
Genre/formSatires.
Genre/formSermons 1784.
Genre/formHymns.

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