Quakers and Baptists in Colonial Massachusetts (Hardcover)

Preface; Abbreviations used in the footnotes; Introduction; Part I. Beginnings: 1. The Quaker movement in northeastern Massachusetts; 2. A 'pretended church' in Charlestown and Boston; Part II. Development: 3. Sectarian communities; 4. Organizational maturation; 5. Leadership; 6. Boundaries between sectarians and others; 7. The politics of religious dissent; Part III. Culmination: 8. Denomination and sect, 1740?80; Index.