Frontiers well-defended. An essay, to direct the frontiers of a countrey exposed unto the incursions of a barbarous enemy, how to behave themselves in their uneasy station? Containing admonitions of piety, propos'd by the compassion of some friends unto their welfare, to b lodg'd in the families of our frontier plantations.

People / Organizations

• Cotton Mather (Author)

Imprint

Boston, in N.E.: Printed by T. Green, 1707.

Publication year

1707-1707

ESTC No.

W18662

Grub Street ID

328271

Description

50,[2],20p. ; 12⁰

Note

Attributed to Cotton Mather by Holmes.

"The Protestant armed from the tower of David."--p. [51-52]. Prefaces the catechism which follows.

"The fall of Babylon."--20 p. at end. A catechism, also issued separately (Evans 1319, Holmes 126) with p. 49-50 cancelled and a special title page added. Cf. Diary of Cotton Mather I, p. 594-595.

Uncontrolled note

Signatures: A-D? ?A-B? (?A1 signed E)