A General Account of my Life - Couverture rigide

Boston, Thomas; Low, George D

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1354257685 ISBN 13 : 9781354257685

Editeur : Palala Press, 2016

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Présentation de l'éditeur

From the letter addressed to his children,1 we learn that Boston left two autobiographical MSS., viz., Passages of My Life, and AG eneral Account of My Life. The first of these he began in 1708, the year after his settlement at Ettrick, and he added to it from time to time, almost to the close of his life. The other MS., the General A ccount, was scrolled in shorthand, and thereafter extended and completed in the ten months between December 1729 and October 1730. AC ontinuation of thirty-five pages carried on the narrative to November 1731. Both these MSS. have been preserved in an excellent state; they are in contemporary binding, and are unquestionably genuine. The General Account came into my possession by purchase in May 1904. Previous to that date, I had read more than once the MS. Passages of My Life, to which the General A ccount, in Boston sview, was the introduction.2 He expressed the wish that the two MSS. should remain in the family, and be in charge of one of his descendants, if any such there shall be, as shall addict himself to the holy ministry1 A ccordingly, the MSS. came to Thomas, his son and immediate successor at Ettrick, who died in 1767, and then to the younger Boston sson Michael, Relief minister at Falkirk, who died in 1785. I have been unable 1S ee p. xlvii. General A ccount, p. i.
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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Palala Press
• Date d'édition: 2016
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1354257685
• ISBN 13: 9781354257685
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 442
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