Elias Boudinot' s 'Journey to Boston' in 1809
by Thomas, Milton Halsey (edit.)
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Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1955 Hard cover, 8 vo, in half black cloth, with white and grey paper covered boards, titles to spine in gold, 97pp. This is a reprint of an original journal from 1809 now in the Princeton University Library. New Jersey native, Elias Boudinot, LL.D. (1740-1821) was a founding father, a member and later President, of Congress from 1782 to 1783. He was also a founder-member and President of the American Bible Society, and appointed by Washington as the Director of the United States Mint. The narrative is from a journal kept by Mr. Boudinot of a trip from his home in Burlington, New Jersey to Boston soon after the loss of his wife. Notes and an index are appended as auxiliary to the appreciation of the author's notable friends and acquaintances, and familiarity with the movers and shakers of early American industry passed by along his carriage route through New Jersey, Connecticut and on to Boston. One of his works, entitled: A Star in the West; or, a humble attempt to discover the long lost tribes of Israel, preparatory to the their return to Jerusalem..., is among the American books in the British Library (Stevens, p. 75.). First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine.
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- Title
- Elias Boudinot' s 'Journey to Boston' in 1809
- Author
- Thomas, Milton Halsey (edit.)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Place of Publication
- Princeton, New Jersey
- Date Published
- 1955
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