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Galil&au fisherman , John . —Notwithstanding which , no name has been preserved to which the Revelation can > with greater probability be ascribed . —> Of its age ^ Heview < rf the historical doubts entertained respecting the authenticity of the Revelation . —
-According to the oldest accounts , it was considered to be a genuine production of the Apostle John . —Towards the close of the second century , doubts were first entertained of its authenticity—at the commencement of the fourth century , the opinions respecting it were greatly divided . —In the latter half of the fourth
century , the Latin Church decided in favour of the Revelation , whilst the Greek Church refused to acknowledge it Objections considered . 1 . To the historical proofs of its authenticity .
2 . To its authenticity from internal evidence—ff . on general grounds stated by ancient and modern writers—b . on account of doctrinal errors — c . on account © f contradictions—d . on account of false assertions—e . on account
of improper and unintelligible allusions and combinations . —Comparison instituted between the Revelation of the New Testament and another pretended Revelation of John . —Of the consequences which have resulted to the text of the Revelation of the New Testament from the unfavourable decision of the Greek Church respecting it .
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Islington * Sir , May 1 , 1821 . BEG leave to communicate my I mite respecting the United States of America , ki addition to the portion of information on that subject which
has enriched the pages of your Miscellany [ XV . pp . 602 £ -612 j . It 18 an extract of a letter , dated Nachez , Dec . 28 , 1620 , on this river Mississippi , distant 300 miles from New Orleans .
The penman is a young druggist , related to the late truly respectable William Richards , of Lynn , and also a native of the Principality . JXe . -eini * grated to Philadelphia , but neither at
the city of Brotherlylove nor at New York could he obtain a situation Bending his course southward , he procured a d ^ ttlement to his ^ ati * 5 aetion The following account is his delinea-
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tion of Nachbx and its vicinity- The information may proye wefiri to au European who , quitting his own native soil , may find himself wandering throughout that promising and widelyextended territory , the united States of America .
" Your Sketch of the Denominations is well known throughout the United States ; when seeing or hearing of it , I think of Islington with pleasure . I presume that the trial of the Queen of England excites as much interest in the United States as it does in England ; it is the subject of discourse at present , and all other news seems to pass coldly by .
" Having no particular net&s to send you , I will endeavour to give yon a little of the state of things , and the situation of the country in whieh I now live . Nachjez is the capital of the state of Mississippi , placed on a bank , or what is >
commonly called here a bluff , the . pej 8 pen- » dicular height of which is about 100 feet or more from the high-water-mark of the river Mississippi 1 There is a piece of common between the town and the precipice which serves for a walk to the citizens
upon a summer ' s evening . During the day it is intensely hot . You seldom see a lady in the streets or out of doors till the approach of the evening , when they generally enjoy themselves with 2 or 3 hours' riding or walking . The dews aire
too heavy for them to stay out late . The precipice between the bluff and the water is very steep . There is a road cut diagonally , through which is a communication between the lauduig-place and the city .
" The planters in this country depend entirely upon their cotton for support * They also raise sufficient Indian corn for their own use , but never calculate upon selling any of it . Flour , ham , poxk * bacon , potatoes , whisky , &c , are brought down from the States of Kentucky , Ohio , Missouri , Teiraas&ee , and sometimes from
the west of Pennsylvania , which they call Upper Country produce . The rivers rise twice a-year > —early in the spring and about the month of May ; the farmer owing to the great thaw , and the latfcfeir owing to the heavy rains . The pttktacfe h conveyed in flat-bottomed boats , some of which travel about 2000 mile ? before
they reach New Orlmn $ > —300 miles below thiacjty ! There are a great number of 9 teara ~ boat 8 running all the year between this place and New Orleans . But when the rivers are high , they run to Louis ^ tille , in the State of Kentucky , and to St . Louis , in the State of Missouri—« botb about 1500 miles from New Orleans ! ¦' - < ' Nxchpz ha reepectabU town , wM
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Description q £ Nachtz in the V . S . of America . § 83
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), May 2, 1821, page 283, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2500/page/27/
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