PRECIOUS IN THE SIGHT OF THE LORD IS THE DEATH OF HIS SAINTS. A SERMON UPON THE DEATH OF MRS. ELIZABETH OLIVER, RELICT OF THE HONOURABLE DANIEL OLIVER, ESQ; WEDNESDAY MAY XXI. 1735. AETATIS 58. DELIVERED AT THE SOUTH CHURCH IN BOSTON, ON THE LORD'S DAY AFTER.
Boston: Printed by S. Kneeland and T. Green, 1735. [4], 26, [1], [1 blank] pp, with the half title present [but loosening]. Disbound [pinholes in blank inner margin]. Death's Head ornamentation at head of title. Scattered spotting, Good+.
Prince was regarded as "the most learned scholar, with the exception of Cotton Mather, in New England" [Dr. Charles Chauncey, quoted in Appleton's]. Page [27] prints "An Account of the Deceased," from the 2 June 1735 'Boston Gazette.' Mrs. Oliver, who died of a "violent fever," was Massachusetts Royalty: the widow of Governor Daniel Oliver, a prominent merchant, member of His Majesty's Council for the Province of Massachusetts, and a founder of the South Church in Boston. She was the sister of Governor Jonathan Belcher and the daughter of Andrew Belcher. Item #38104
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