A sermon, preached September 20th, 1793 : a day set apart, in the city of New-York, for public fasting, humiliation and prayer, on account of a malignant and mortal fever prevailing in the city of Philadelphia / by John Mitchel Mason, Minister of the Scotch Presbyterian Church in the city of New-York.

John M. Mason

Date:: MDCCXCIII [1793]

Credit: A sermon, preached September 20th, 1793 : a day set apart, in the city of New-York, for public fasting, humiliation and prayer, on account of a malignant and mortal fever prevailing in the city of Philadelphia / by John Mitchel Mason, Minister of the Scotch Presbyterian Church in the city of New-York. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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