The Doctrines of Friends: Or Principles of the Christian Religion as Held By The Society of Friends Commonly Called Quakers

by Bates, Elisha

First Edition

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Montpleasant, Ohio: Elisha Bates, 1825. Full leather binding, worn, leather split at outside back seem, hinge held on by one stitch. Bumped corners. Tanning and foxing to pages. A leaf or flower was pressed into the back of the book and has left its imprint on the last several (blank) pages. Pencilled price notes on inside cover and fep. Number pencilled at top of Preface page. 320 pages. The author was a prominent Friend or Quaker in Ohio during the 1820s and 1830s. One of his sermons may be found here: http://www.qhpress.org/quakerpages/qhoa/hicksbates.htm Three signatures and a library stamp on flyleaf - this book has a historical provenance: the first signature is that of Wyman Chamberlain (followed by "his book"), the son of a Revolutionary war soldier and a prominent member of the Friends congregation of Grand Isle, Vermont. For more information: http://www.rootsweb.com/~vermont/GrandIsleGrandIsle02.html The next signer was Mary Chamberlain (in pencil.) None of Wyman's four daughters or his wife were named Mary, so I can only speculate that Mary may have been his mother. The last signer in ink is Reba Hoag (two of Wyman's daughter's married into the Hoag family, another prominent name in Grand Isle, VT at that time) Reba Hoag may have been Wyman's granddaughter. We find her in the Census of 1850, aged 31. We contacted one of the Quaker libraries and were told that it was "interesting that someone at Grand Isle had Bates' book, because Bates was not in agreement with the kind of Quakerism that was practiced there." This is a very interesting and culturally important book, particularly for the history of the author and owners. . First Edition. Full-Leather. Fair/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Privately Printed.

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