John Wise. Early American Democrat / / George Allan Cook.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press eBook-Package Archive 1898-1999
• VerfasserIn: Cook, George Allan,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [1952]; ©1952
• Year of Publication: 1952
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (246 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Preface --; Contents --; Introduction --; I. Ancestry and Early Life --; II. Years at Harvard --; III. Unsettled Years --; IV. For a Good God and a Good King --; V. Chaplain against Quebec --; VI. “Storms of Witchcrafts” --; VII. Life at Chebacco --; VIII. The “Popish Plot” in New England --; IX. The Churches Quarrel Espoused --; X. Wise’s “Small Treatise” --; XI. Liberal Notions --; XII. The Lamp Burned Out --; Notes --; Bibliography --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780231885041; 9783110442489
• DOI: 10.7312/cook91702
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: George Allan Cook.

A biography of the 17th to 18th century reverend and New England political figure John Wise, who lead his town in protest against an arbitrarily imposed tax, acted as spokesman for one of the earliest 'No taxation without representation' challenges, petitioned for two of the most vigorously prosecuted victims in the Salem witch trials, and who advocated many other causes during his life.