The trials, experience, exercises of mind and first travels of Theophilus R. Gates, written

by himself by Theophilus R. Gates

$250 · Offered by Rulon-Miller Books

First edition

Poughkeepsie: C. C. Adams and Co., 1810. First edition, 12mo, pp. 214, 2 ; calf-backed marble boards, joints starting, label replaced, inscription on endpaper noting the book as having been bequeathed to Princeton Theological Seminary, with their partially removed bookplate on pastedown. Theophilus Gates 1787-1846 was an itinerant preacher, nicknamed the Battle-Axe, a name drawn from the Book of Jeremiah. With his followers they established a commune near

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