"Two hundred and fifty copies."

Contents. v. 1 Preface. -Memoir of John Checkley. -Will of the Rev. John Checkley. -Inventory of personal estate. -The Checkley family. -Choice dialogues [ascribed to John Checkley. Boston? 1719?] -A modest proof [by J. Checkley] Boston, T. Fleet, 1723. -A discourse shewing who is a true pastor [by J. Checkley. n.p., 1724] -The old parsonage, King's church, Providence, R.I

v. 2. Preface. -The presentment of Mr. John Checkley for libel, and the proceedings of the court held July 14, 1724 [from Records of Court of general sessions of the peace, v. 3, p. 268-273] -The speech of Mr. John Checkley upon his tryal. London, J. Wilford, 1730. -A defense of a book lately reprinted at Boston, entitled, A modest proof [by J. Checkley] Boston, T. Fleet, 1724. -Animadversions upon two pamphlets [by T. Walter] -A letter from the author of the Postcript of the Defence ... to Jonathan Dickinson [by J. Checkley. Boston, 1725] -Letters of the Rev. John Checkley [October 10, 1720-March 31, 1728] -A bibliography of the controversy in America relating to episcopacy, conducted by the Puritan divines and the clergy of the Church of England, 1719-1794 (p. [225]-298)

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