A plain and serious address to the master of a family, on the important subject of family religion / By the late Reverend Philip Doddridge, D.D.

Author/creator Doddridge, Philip
Other author Phillips Academy.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoNorthampton [Mass.] : Printed by William Butler, for the trustees of Phillip's Andover Academy, 1804.
Description35 pages, 1 unnumbered page ; 20 cm
Supplemental ContentShaw-Shoemaker Digital Edition
Subjects

SeriesEarly American imprints. Second series no. 6175. ^A575643
General noteTitle vignette (seal of Phillips Academy).
General noteRunning title: Family religion recommended to the master of a family.
General note"The trustees of Phillips' Andover Academy, to whom is committed the distribution of the pious bounty of the late Lieutenant-Governor Phillips ... solicit the serious attention of the receiver or reader to the weighty subject of the following pages ... Note. In Governor Phillips' donation to his native town, is the following direction to his trustees, 'The aforesaid Address to the master of a family on family religion, to be given to every young man who may be about to enter into a family state, and to such others ... as to them shall seem best.' ... in other towns, in which this address can be loaned only, ministers ... to whom it may be committed, are requested to have special respect to the preceeding direction in giving it circulation."--printed sheet pasted to p. [3].
General noteLast page blank.
General note"Postscript."--p. 25.
General noteIncludes prayers, p. 26-31.
General note"Friendly advice. To all whom it may concern. (Added by another hand.)"--p. 31-35.
References Shaw & Shoemaker 6175
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., 2004-2007] Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 6175).
Genre/formPrayers.
Other titleFamily religion recommended to the master of a family.