The Missionary Herald : Vol. XVII & XVIII Complete for the Years 1821 & 1822 Respectively

Boston: Crocker & Brewster 0 Book. Good-. Full-Leather. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Both volumes are in one leather bound book, the leather has deteriorated very badly on the spine and at the lower fore edge corners, but the small rectangle of leather on the spine with the name Missionary Herald on it is still in good condition with the original color of the leather and the letters in gilt still clear and bright, there are still a couple of flowers pressed between the pages and a lot of foxing on some pages,e, each volume is 400 pages with an index at the front, for historical reference James Monroe was president and Abraham Lincoln was 12 years old when these volumes were published, vol. XVII index refers to "Arkansaw" mission and boatman on the Ohio readiness to hear gospel, Cherokee mission and correspondence, Cherokee religious experience, Choctaw mission, death of the Chinese emperor, American Colonization Society, visit to Jerusalem and Dead Sea, etc., etc., Vol. XVIII index refers to the Chickasaw mission, the Madras Bible Society, the Great Osages mission, progress of religion in Greenland, passage over the Tennessee river, heathen superstitions, state of education in Sweden, etc., etc., and reference in both volumes to the most remote areas of the world - CR.