The Narrative of a Mission to Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and the Somers Islands; With a Tour to Lake Ontario

MARSDEN, Joshua

Verlag: Printed and sold by J. Johns, 53, St. Aubyn-Street; sold also by Thomas Kaye, 42, Castle-Street, Liverpool; Baynes, Paternoster-Row; Williams and Son, Stationer's Court; Burton and Briggs, 156, Leadenhall-Street; Booth, Duke-Street, Manchester-Square; Blanchard, City-Road, London; And al all the Methodist Preaching Houses in Town and Country., Plymouth-Dock, 1816

Beschreibung

xiv, 289, [1] p. 22.5 cm. Frontispiece portrait of author. Tables at rear, 2 of which fold out. Bound in half leather with marbled paper boards, gilt trim. New endpapers. Offsetting to title page. First page of Preface has chipped top corner. Foxing. Title continues: "To Which is Added, The Mission, An Original Poem, With Copious Notes. Also, A Brief Account of Missionary Societies, And much interesting Information on Missions in Genera." Joshua Marsden was one of five missionaries sent by the English Methodist Church to the Maritime colonies of Canada. He remained there from 1799 to 1807, travelling by water and horseback to the remotest districts. Later he visited Bermuda (the Somers Islands) and he gives an account of slavery there from an Abolitionist viewpoint. While on his return trip from Bermuda to England, he was detained in New York, an experience which allowed him to give an account of American preparations for the War of 1812. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 140078

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Titel: The Narrative of a Mission to Nova Scotia, ...

Verlag: Printed and sold by J. Johns, 53, St. Aubyn-Street; sold also by Thomas Kaye, 42, Castle-Street, Liverpool; Baynes, Paternoster-Row; Williams and Son, Stationer's Court; Burton and Briggs, 156, Leadenhall-Street; Booth, Duke-Street, Manchester-Square; Blanchard, City-Road, London; And al all the Methodist Preaching Houses in Town and Country., Plymouth-Dock

Erscheinungsdatum: 1816

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Very good +

Auflage: First Edition.