Sketches of the Early Catholic Missions of Kentucky; From Their Commencement in 1787 to the Jubilee of 1826-7
Embracing a Summary of the Early History of the State; The Adventures of the First Catholic Emigrants; Biographical Notices of the Early Missionaries; The Early History of the Principal Protestant Sects in Kentucky; With Some Account of the Establishment of the Episcopal See at Bardstown, of the Various Religious Societies, and of the General State of the Catholic Religion in Kentucky. Compiled from Authentic Sources, With the Assistance of The Very Rev. Stephen Theodore Badin, The First Priest Ordained in the United States. Louisville: B. J. Webb & Brother, [1844].
Hardcover. 12mo. xvi, 308 pages. Brown cloth hardcover with blind stamped decorative borders on the covers. Gilt lettered title on the spine. Light shelf wear to the binding. The corners are bumped. The right front flyleaf and rear end sheet were removed. Hinges are in good condition. Light to moderate scattered foxing to the contents. "William Henry Eagle presented to him by Mesy? Sept 14th, 1846" inscribed on the front blank end paper. "San? Marino Farm Haverford Delaware County Pennsyl 184?" inscribed below Eagle's inscription (the second inscription is written in a different hand). The number 113 written twice on the front paste down. "William Henry Eagle 1135" written top of the title page. Another inscription by Eagle on the rear paste down - W H Eagle 113".
Howes S 808; Field 1467 (authors name spelled "Spaulding") - The first three chapters are full of interesting particulars of the sufferings of the early settlers from the Indians, most of them written by the good bishop, from the lips of the survivors. The remarkable narrative of the captivity of John Lancaster is here printed for the first time." Good. Item #17386
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