Abstract
[...] [T]he “Tappin manuscript,” as I refer to it in the essay that follows, presents an intriguing puzzle. If Christopher Toppan did not compose the unusual prayer request, then who did? When? Why? Solving the riddle of the Tappin manuscript leads us into the troubled final years of one of New England’s most pugnacious ministers and the evangelical underworld of the Great Awakening that he had come to despise.
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2012
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Copyright © 2012, Massachusetts Historical Society. This article first appeared in Massachusetts Historical Review: 14 (2012), 53-86.
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Recommended Citation
Winiarski, Douglas L. "The Newbury Prayer Bill Hoax: Devotion and Deception in New England's Era of Great Awakenings." Massachusetts Historical Review 14 (2012): 53-86.