The history of King Philip's War

PREFATORY NOTE.
itself now becoming rare, was published fifty-six years
after at Newport, R.I., in 1772, by Solomon Southwick,
in small 8vo, pp. 199. It is made clear from the Diary*
of Rev. Ezra Stiles, D.D., (then Pastor of the Second
Congregational Church in Newport), that he aided
Southwick, and really edited the volume.
The following extracts bear upon the subject; viz,
" 1771. Dec. 18. Correcting the press for Col. Church's
Hist, of K. Philip's War in 1675.
" 1771. Dec. 19 Reviewing Col. Benj. Church's History of
adding English
K. Philip's War, 1676, at the request of the printer ; —
or present Names of places written in Indian names in the Original.
Mr. Southwick is printing a Second Edition ; first Edit. 171S [iSzV].
" i77 2 - Apr. 9 Finished writing the Life of Col. Benja-
min Church, to be affixed to the new Edition of his History of the
Indian war, called K. Philip's War, now printing. He was born 1639,
and died at Little Compton, Janry. 171^, ^Et. 78.
" 1772. Apr. 10 Inspecting the Press."
Dr. Stiles appended to the volume, also, an " Ode
Heroica," which \N. E. Hist, and Gen. Reg--, xi. 155] was
composed by Benjamin Church of Boston, "Vendue-
master," son of the old Colonel's son Edward, who was
also a " Vendue-master," — as that age styled the useful
person whom we call an Auctioneer, — and was father of
Dr. Benjamin, of sad Tory memory. He not only glori-
* This Diary is now in the Library Stiles was President at the time of
of Yale College, of which Rev. Dr. his death.
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