The Doctrine of Baptisms, Reduced from Its Ancient and Modern Corruptions; and Restored to Its Primitive Soundness and Integrity.. by [FRANKLIN, Benjamin, printer]; William DELL - 1759

Philadelphia: Reprinted, by B. Franklin, and D. Hall, 1759. Browned, some occasional spotting. 8vo. iv, 43 pages. Disbound. Provenance: Jacob Lunig (1760 inscription on last blank). First American edition of this Quaker tract, originally published in London in 1648. The Society of Friends of Philadelphia requested Overseers Anthony Benezet and John Reynell to arrange with pro-Quaker Franklin the reprinting of this work in an edition of 4,000 copies, to be distributed at the same time as John Rutty's The Liberty of the Spirit, also published by Franklin and Hall. Campbell 634; Evans 8338; Hildeburn 1625; Miller 702; Starr D 1347.