The New York Missionary Magazine, and Repository of Religious Intelligence, for August 1803.

New York: 1804. Hardcover. Includes all the monthly issues for the year 1803, but the months are bound out of order; the volume begins with August, 1803. Includes an Account of the Moravian Missions, Mission Society of Africa, and Account of the Death of Voltaire, Otahiti article. Personal copy of Elihu Carpenter (1752-1827), teacher, deacon and Revolutionary War veteran, a descendant of one of the founding Carpenter family, which sailed from England on the 'Bevis' in 1638. A further annotation at the front end paper, "C. C. Carpenter, Found in Labrador, 1864".

Volume needs re-binding. Internally in good condition. Covers are perished leather, detached. Internally, owner's signatures, "Elihu Carpenter, Rehoboth, Dec 24th, 1803". Approximately 40pp per month, published in this order: August through December, then January through July; December includes a 2pp index for vol. 4. Pages are dusty and toned; scattered fox spotting throughout. Good -. Item #12094

Price: $125.00