A Compendious History Of The Rise and Progress Of The Methodist Church Both In Europe and America Consisting Principally Of Selections From Various Approved And Authentic Documents

Meacham, A. G.

Hardcover. New York, Knowlton & Rice, 1st US, 1835, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 500 pages plus 4 page index and errata list.Worn leather binding, light soil and foxing throughout. Still, a solid and presentable copy. Chipped leather label on spine reads Rise & Progress of Methodism. First published in Canada by John Wilson. This appears to be the first American publication of the early denominational history. Meacham was a Vermont-born American Methodist preacher from New York who lived and worked in the Bay of Quinte region in 1832-34. He later moved to Illinois where he also practiced medicine. In 1839 he was expelled from the Conference for immoral conduct.

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