Missionary Efforts: A Sermon Preached at Hallowell, ME, September 26, 1838, Before the Maine Convention of Unitarian Churches

Jason Whitman

Verlag: Glazier, Masters and Smith

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1838 author's presentation copy, Glazier, Masters and Smith (Hallowell, Maine), 4 3/8 x 7 inches tall stitched pamphlet in green wraps, 30 pp. Pamphlet has a vertical crease down the middle, where it was likely folded and tucked in a pocket by a prior owner. Slight to moderate soiling, rubbing and edgewear to covers, with a bit of chipping to the wraps along the spine. Inscription in the author's hand to the blank front free endpaper, 'With the respects of the author.' Light to moderate foxing throughout the pamphlet. Otherwise, a clean and unmarked copy of this scarce tract. OCLC (No. 40354308) locates only six copies at institutions worldwide - two in Maine collections, and one each at Candler School of Theology in Atlanta, Trinity College in Hartford, Boston University School of Theology, and the New-York Historical Society. Standard shipping orders upgraded free to First Class. ~I~ [0.5P] An early sermon by Unitarian minister Jason Whitman (1799-1848). After his graduation from Harvard in 1825, Whitman studied theology at Cambridge and was ordained in 1830. After an initial post as pastor in Saco, Maine, he served as general secretary of the American Unitarian Association in Boston, and headed the Second Unitarian Society in Portland, Maine, from 1835 to 1845 (during which period he delivered this sermon on missionary efforts). In 1845, Whitman was installed as pastor of the First Congregational Society in Lexington, where he remained until his death in 1848. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers I-0281-8728

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Verlag: Glazier, Masters and Smith

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