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[REVOLUTIONARY WAR] 1779 Quaker 1st Edition Autobiography "An Account of the Gospel Labors"

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John Churchman. An Account of the Gospel Labours, and Christian Experiences of a Faithful Minister of Christ, John Churchman, Late of Nottingham in Pennsylvania, deceased. Philadelphia: Joseph Crukshank, 1779.

8vo, vii, 256 pages. Contemporary brown morocco. FIRST EDITION. Evans 16223; Hildeburn, Pennsylvania vol. II, 3860; Sabin 13025.

Ink gift inscription dated 1816 to front free endpaper: "Rebed Morton from her mother Hanah Strode 1816"

An uncommon Revolutionary War era publication issued by Joseph Cruikshank (1747-1836). A first edition autobiography of John Churchman (1705-1775), a travelling Quaker minister.

It includes his travels throughout the United States and Europe, attendance at various Meetings of Friends, and "some account of the calamities of the Indian War in Pennsylvania" and the "Indian Treaty at Easton 1757."

[American Revolutionary War, American Revolution, Founding Fathers, Declaration of Independence, Colonial America, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton, James Monroe] [Books, Bibles, Memoirs, Prayer Books, Ephemera, Pamphlets, Publications, Booklets, Memoirs]

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[REVOLUTIONARY WAR] 1779 Quaker 1st Edition Autobiography "An Account of the Gospel Labors"

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