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Strength out of weakness. Or A glorious manifestation of the further progresse of the gospel amongst the Indians in New-England.

1652 · London : Printed by M. Simmons for John Blague and Samuel Howes, and are to be sold at their shop in Popes Head Alley · 4 pictures

A 1652 London missionary tract printed by M. Simmons for John Blague and Samuel Howes, reporting the spread of the gospel among Indians in New England for a English Protestant readership. Its four pictures are small woodcut initial letters: a decorative strapwork capital, an I with two winged figures, and an A with cherubs, all set in plain ornamental frames that suggest reusable letterforms for headers and drop caps.

Indians of North America -- Massachusetts · Massachuset Indians -- Missions · Wampanoag Indians -- Missions · Conversion -- Christianity · Imprint 1652

Internet Archive · John Carter Brown Library · Public domain (published before 1931) · More from this library