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BEP(F.736.001
19 Jan 1736:11,12,21 (23)
Meeting with a letter in the Boston Weekly Post-Boy,
referring to the affairs of Salem, especially what occurred
when the committee of the General Court met and sat there, I
was curious to read it, hoping I should meet with some
impartial account, but immediately discovered the spirit and
design of the writer, was to represent the Rev. Mr. Fisk and
his adherents as very weak and insincere, if not wicked; and
considering all circumstances, to disgust the government
itself against him, while his affairs lay before it.
. . . [p.2 col.1] 6. . . [line 21] Again, Mr. Fisk and his
party offered before the committee, that they would begin
their morning service at half an hour after nine, if their
opponents would begin at half an hour after ten, and so
proportionably in the afternoon, which would prevent all
disturbance by singing, except the last, which is short; nor
have they heard each other sing for a considerable time
past, nor ever hath it been an interruption that I can
learn. Did you ever hear of [condescention] Tho' this was
not published to the world, I now publish it as a certain
truth: What would the desire more ?. . . [3 whole columns
in all]
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