This engraving was pasted inside a copy of A Commentary upon the Second Book of Moses, called Exodus, by the Right Reverend Father in God, SYMON, Lord Bishop of Ely. [2nd edition corrected, MDCCIV.] The book was apparently a gift to the colonies from the the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts. Which was a British religious society that was active in America from the beginning of the eighteenth century through the start of the Revolutionary War. The Latin banner translates roughly as "I go overseas to give help" [TRANSIENS ADIUVANOS].
Tuesday, November 14, 2006
the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts
This engraving was pasted inside a copy of A Commentary upon the Second Book of Moses, called Exodus, by the Right Reverend Father in God, SYMON, Lord Bishop of Ely. [2nd edition corrected, MDCCIV.] The book was apparently a gift to the colonies from the the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts. Which was a British religious society that was active in America from the beginning of the eighteenth century through the start of the Revolutionary War. The Latin banner translates roughly as "I go overseas to give help" [TRANSIENS ADIUVANOS].
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