OUR COUNTRY; ITS CAPABILITIES, ITS PERILS, AND ITS HOPE. BEING A PLEA FOR THE EARLY ESTABLISHMENT OF GOSPEL INSTITUTIONS IN THE DESTITUTE PORTIONS OF THE UNITED STATES.

New York: 1842. 60pp. Original printed wrappers [light edgewear, ink signature on front wrap], stitched, lightly foxed, Very Good.

The Society focuses on the need for missionary activity in the West, meaning Michigan, Wisconsin, Iowa, Arkansas, Tennessee, Kentucky, Indiana, Illinois, Ohio, Missouri. This area is becoming populated, wealthy, and increasingly important in the American Union. "This independent class of western men have their own way of doing things."
FIRST EDITION. Sabin 57914. AI 42-133 [2]. Not in Eberstadt, Decker. Item #19429

Price: $100.00

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