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xii, 13-295, [1] pp. First @35 leaves moderately spotted, otherwise generally light scattered foxing. Rebound in modern black cloth. Rubberstamp and light blindstamp on title leaf, rubberstamp at bottom margin of page 99, bookplate on front pastedown. Closed tear, no loss at leaf 213-214; chip at leaf 257-258 affects 3-4 letters. About Good plus. Ownership signature of Samuel J. Baird. Pages 287-295 list alphabetically the Subscribers to Pattillo's book, mostly from Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina. On the final, unnumbered page Pattillo expresses thanks "to my learned and pious friend President Smith, of Hampden Sidney, for the careful perusal he has given my manuscripts." He also warns people who are talking about "reprinting my book, and making money from it," that he will "claim all the advantages the laws of my country secure to me." Pattillo became "resident minister of the congregations at Willis, the Byrd, and Buck Island churches in Virginia. He labored with these congregations for four years, then accepted a call to the Cumberland, Harris Creek, and Deep Creek churches, also in Virginia. After a stay of two years, the minister moved to Orange County, N.C., in 1765, to become the pastor of the Hawfields, Eno, and Little River churches. . . Pattillo was engaged in his pastoral work in Orange County when the War of the Regulation took place. Deploring the violent tactics of its participants, the clergyman and several of his colleagues wrote a letter to Governor William Tryon stating that they would use their influence to discourage the growth of the movement. They also sent a letter to the churches in their presbytery urging that a peaceful means be sought to settle governmental controversies. These protests were in vain but the governor remembered the effort, and when he went to Hillsborough in 1768 at the head of the militia, Pattillo was one of the clergymen requested to preach to the troops on the Sabbath" [NCpedia on line article about Pattillo]. ESTC W23200. Evans 21361. Thornton 10493. Rink, Delaware 248.
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