The dreadful earthquake and the fatal spotted fever. A funeral sermon and a funeral Psalm

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TitleThe dreadful earthquake and the fatal spotted fever. A funeral sermon and a funeral Psalm, on the death of about ten or fifteen thousand of people killed by an earthquake on the twenty-sixth of March 1812, in South America: and on the death of an hundred and fifty killed in New-Hampshire it is expected in the same year, by the Spotted Fever. Written by Jonathan Plummer, a latter-day prophet, lay-bishop, travelling preacher, physician, poet and trader
IDENTIFIERS
Legacy IdentifierAPSimg6704
Goodman Number340
ASSOCIATED NAMES
creatorPlummer, Jonathan, 1761-1819
CONTENT DESCRIPTION
AbstractAmong his insights in this document, Jonathan Plummer claims that a "vile book" written by "the infamous drunkard" Thomas Paine insulted God and was therefore responsible for outbreaks of fever in Philadelphia and an earthquake in South America.
NotePaine 73 P73d. Oversized box 2.
LanguageEnglish
Subject (local) Broadsides
Subject (local) Broadside Class: Science
Subject (local) Broadside Division: "Pseudo Science"
Subject (local) Broadside Subdivision:
Subject (lcsh) Pseudo science
Subject (lcsh) Earthquakes
Subject (lcsh) Communicable diseases
Subject (lcsh) Prophecy
Subject (lcsh) Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
TypeText
GenreBroadsides
Formatelectronic resource
Extent29 cm. x 47.5 cm.
Digital Originreformatted digital
Reformatting Qualitypreservation
ORIGIN INFORMATION
Date Issuedca. 1812
Publishern.p.
PARENT COLLECTION
TitleThomas Paine Broadside Collection
Call NumberPNE 73
URLhttp://opac.amphilsoc.org/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=170229
ACCESS INFORMATION
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