Robert Treat Paine Papers, Volume 2
I am informed you1are acquainted with the father of person to whom the inclos'd is directed. I mean to write to the Father of a young man named John Ingham who saith he was the Author of a little book intitled the little Book opned &c.,2 & I think printed by yr. self. If you know the person & it is not directd right please to alter it as the inclos'd is of some importance to Mr. Ingham. I make bold to send it to your Care Not knowing how to send it more directly, hoping you'll excuse this freedom which Necessity put me upon, I subscribe yr. freind & hble sert.,
P:S. Said John Ingham saith his Father hath represented the Town of Solebury & is a Clothier.
David Hall (1714–1772), printer, who was persuaded by Benjamin Franklin to leave London for Philadelphia to carry on his trade. He was a partner of Franklin's from 1748 until 1766 (DAB)
The little book open. A prophecy: or, Prophetical dissertation. Predicting and declaring the coming of
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the expected Redeemer, in the character of Lord and King; the setting up of a national theocracy, in the calling of the Jews, and redemption of the Gentile church. Part I. Consisting of an astro-theological unfolding of certain formerly obscure, but highly-interesting and capital points of doctrine. Adapted to the present crisis of affairs, by J.I. (Philadelphia, 1763). On the reattribution of authorship, see Edward W. Hanson, "J.I.'s The Little Book Open," in ANQ: A Quarterly Journal of Short Articles, Notes, and Reviews, new series, 5(1992): 19–20.