The terror of the Lord. Some account of the earthquake that shook New-England, in the night, between the 29 and the 30 of October. 1727. With a speech, made unto the inhabitants of Boston, who assembled the next morning, for the proper exercises of religion, on so uncommon, and so tremendous an occasion. [One line from Corinthians]

People / Organizations

• Cotton Mather (Author)

Imprint

Boston: Printed by T. Fleet, for S. Kneeland, and sold at his shop in King-Street, 1727.

Publication year

1727-1727

ESTC No.

W28279

Grub Street ID

338437

Description

[4],37,6,[1]p. ; 8⁰

Note

Half-title: Dr. Mather's remarks on the earthquake that shook New-England, in the night, between the 29 and the 30 of October. 1727.

Appendix, 6 p. at end, includes a Latin epigram on the 1653 earthquake by Peter Bulkeley, taken from the Magnalia Christi Americana, and an account of the 1663 earthquake by Samuel Danforth.

Uncontrolled note

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