first edition
1829 · Boston
by MAYHEW, Experience (Preacher to the Indians of Martha's Vineyard at that time)
Boston: Published by James Loring, 1829. First Edition, thus. 12mo, pp. viii, 108. Bound in original printed boards (almost a half of the printed paper portion has been worn off) with chipped and worn spine, contemporary name on end paper, rear with numerical computation on it.. Engraved frontispiece. Some light foxing and toning, A very good copy. Imprints 39534. These are biographical sketches Christian Native American men who lived on Martha's Vineyard. The text is taken directly from chapters one and two of the Mayhew's 1727 book: Indian Converts. Mayhew was the minister to the Indians for the London based Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in New England. (Inventory #: 57379)