1738 JOHN HANCOCK. The Founding Father's Personal Copy of a Formational Work on Religious and Political Toleration. Americana An exceptionally rare work

An exceptionally rare work

David Dickson

read from Alexander Campbell’s translation

Early career

1738 JOHN HANCOCK. The Founding Father's Personal Copy of a Formational Work on Religious and Political Toleration. Americana An exceptionally rare workAn important artifact connecting two important voices for religious and political liberty and toleration in the emerging American documentary landscape. The author of our work, Edward Wigglesworth the Elder [1693 1765], was the first Professor of Divinity ever commissioned in the American Colonies. He held the newly minted Hollis Chair of Divinity at Harvard and was a critical voice in the emerging religious and theological landscape. And that irenic