Thomas Bridge First Minister of the Church in Fairfield (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

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From the site of the old church on the Cohansey to Boston, two hundred years ago, was a journey of a week or more, now it is possible to cover the distance during daylight.

In Boston we enter the old burying ground ad joining King's Chapel, and wander awhile among the graves reading the quaint inscriptions on the old stones. Presently we come upon the Cotton tomb wherein lie the remains of four of the early divines connected with the First Church. The last of the Reverend and learned pastors, whose name is inscribed upon the tomb is that of Mr thomas bridge Aged 58 years Decd September the 26 1715 Here at last, his wanderings over, he was laid at rest with the illustrious dead.

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