REMINISCENCES OF MORRIS, AND HISTORY OF THE CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH. A DISCOURSE, DELIVERED DECEMBER 4TH, 1864. BY...PASTOR OF THE CHURCH

Chicago: Church, Goodman & Donnelley, 1865. Original printed wrappers [light wear] with wrapper title [as issued], stitched. 16pp. Very Good. [with] Roy, Joseph: THE FRUIT OF HOME MISSIONS. nd. Broadside, 5" x 8" pasted to blank rear wrap. Very Good. Ink inscription on front wrap, 'Respects of E.B. Turner Hannibal Missouri.'

"Previous to 1841, what is now the city of Morris was the abode of but a single family...Nothing served to mark the place as differing in any respect from the surrounding wilderness save a row of Indian mounds, seventeen in number." The organization of Grundy County, Illinois, occurred in 1841, and "the year following ten acres of the present town of Morris was laid off." Turner records a difficult history of financial depression, with "morals of the place at a very low ebb," followed by admirable perseverance and progress. Soon to leave for "another city," Turner praises his congregation for its forthright opposition to slavery and its devotion to the Union.
FIRST EDITION. Graff 4208 [also recording the broadside]. Ante-Fire Imprints 989 [4] [not recording the broadside]. Not in Eberstadt, Decker, or Soliday.