Memoir of Roger Williams, the Founder of the State of Rhode-Island
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MEMOIR
ROGER WILLIAMS.
FAC SIMILE OF THE HANDWRITING OF ROGER WILLIAMS. Copied from a Document written in 1677.
BY JAMES D. KNOWLES,
PROFESSOR OF PASTORAL DUTIES IN THE NEWTON THEOLOGICAL INSTITUTION.
“Roger Williams justly claims the honor of having been the first legislator in the world, in its latter ages, that fully and effectually provided for and established a full, free and absolute liberty of conscience.”
Governor Hopkins.
BOSTON:
LINCOLN, EDMANDS AND CO.
1834.
James D. Knowles
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PREFACE.
CONTENTS.
CHAPTER I.
CHAPTER II.
CHAPTER III.
CHAPTER IV.
CHAPTER V.
CHAPTER VI.
CHAPTER VII.
CHAPTER VIII.
CHAPTER IX.
CHAPTER X.
CHAPTER XI.
CHAPTER XII.
CHAPTER XIII.
CHAPTER XIV.
CHAPTER XV.
CHAPTER XVI.
CHAPTER XVII.
CHAPTER XVIII.
CHAPTER XIX.
CHAPTER XX.
CHAPTER XXI.
CHAPTER XXII.
CHAPTER XXIII.
CHAPTER XXIV.
CHAPTER XXV.
CHAPTER XXVI.
CHAPTER XXVII.
APPENDIX.
Note A. p. 23.
Note B. p. 54.
Note C. p. 74.
Note D. p. 180.
Note E. page 198.
Note F. page 226.
Note G. page 319.
Note H. page 355.
Note I. p. 389.