The Narrative of Eleazer Sherman, Giving an Account of His Life, Experience, Call to the Ministry of the Gospel, and Travels as such to the present time. Volume 1

Providence: Printed for the Author, 1828. Hard Cover. Good. Marbled boards with leather spine. iv., 108 pp. A first person account of the travels and preachings of Eleazer Sherman. While primarily centered around his travels in New York, Rhode Island and Massachusetts, Sherman also recounts his trip to Darien, Georgia. Upon his arrival he contends it is a wicked and blasphemous city with little religion. Sherman also provides his impressions of the enslaved people and slavery in Georgia, recounting the brutal whipping of one enslaved person and the conversation with another older enslaved person, who briefly mentions his former life in England. Complete as issued, despite stating volume 1. Sherman intended to publish a companion volume, and later issues of this work have other works of his bound in. GOOD condition. Heavy scuffing and chipping/loss to the leather spine, with some discoloration and soiling. Extremities scuffed and worn Some darkening to the boards. Paper toned in the interior. Minor scattered foxing. Sabin 80357.