Book - The Autobiography of Thomas Shepard
Adams, Nehemiah. The Autobiography of Thomas Shepard, the celebrated Minister of Cambridge, N.E. With additional notices of his life and character ... Boston: Published by Pierce and Parker. 1832.
1832
Adams, Nehemiah. The Autobiography of Thomas Shepard, the celebrated Minister of Cambridge, N.E. With additional notices of his life and character by Nehemiah Adams ... Boston: Published by Pierce and Parker. 1832.
12mo (149 x 97mm), pp. v, [2], 8-129, [1], with one lithographed facsimile plate of Thomas Shepard's handwriting inserted after the dedication page. Bound in original publisher's blue cloth, retaining original paper label to spine. Manuscript gift inscription from Forrest Shepard to Forrest Ward, ca. early 19th-cent., to front free endpaper verso opposite title-page.
Thomas Shepard (1605-1649) was an English minister who, after moving to New England, became a significant force in the Puritan Ministry, alongside such figures as Richard Mather. This book was published with text from his original manuscript by Pierce and Parker in 1832.
Our copy was given as a gift, as evidenced by the ink inscription opposite the title-page: "Forrest Shepherd A present to his nephew Forrest Ward." It was probably used by students in the Hand Academy in Madison, CT. Forrest Shepherd (1800-1888) was an American professor and geologist with ties to the mining industry. He also produced globes, and held a patent for a method of globe production. He attended Yale Divinity school briefly from 1841-2, and died in Norwich, Connecticut. We have been unable to identify his nephew, Forrest Ward.
12mo (149 x 97mm), pp. v, [2], 8-129, [1], with one lithographed facsimile plate of Thomas Shepard's handwriting inserted after the dedication page. Bound in original publisher's blue cloth, retaining original paper label to spine. Manuscript gift inscription from Forrest Shepard to Forrest Ward, ca. early 19th-cent., to front free endpaper verso opposite title-page.
Thomas Shepard (1605-1649) was an English minister who, after moving to New England, became a significant force in the Puritan Ministry, alongside such figures as Richard Mather. This book was published with text from his original manuscript by Pierce and Parker in 1832.
Our copy was given as a gift, as evidenced by the ink inscription opposite the title-page: "Forrest Shepherd A present to his nephew Forrest Ward." It was probably used by students in the Hand Academy in Madison, CT. Forrest Shepherd (1800-1888) was an American professor and geologist with ties to the mining industry. He also produced globes, and held a patent for a method of globe production. He attended Yale Divinity school briefly from 1841-2, and died in Norwich, Connecticut. We have been unable to identify his nephew, Forrest Ward.
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