An Account of the Several Religious Societies in Portsmouth, New-Hampshire, from Their First Establishment, and of the Ministers of Each, to the First of January, 1805

Boston: Printed by Munroe, Francis, & Parker, 1808. First Edition. Very good. First edition; 8 1/4 x 5; pp. [7], 6-40; 1/4 brown cloth and marbled boards; a few chips to cloth at tips of spine; rubbed spots to corners and fore-edge of boards; a small name stamp to front board verso and a small signature to half-title page; occasional spots of foxing; very good- condition.Timothy Alden (1771 - 1839) was a clergyman, professor, librarian, and the founding President of Allegheny College in Pennsylvania. He also served as regional counselor for the American Antiquarian Society and founded more than 70 Sunday Schools in the region. His current book presented a synopsis of the various religious societies in the Portsmouth area in the 18th- and the beginning of the 19th centuries.