The Family Christian Almanac for the United States, Calculated for the Horizon and Meridian of Boston, New-York, Baltimore, & Charleston; Adapted to Four Parallels of Latitude... 1841.
New York: American Tract Society, 1841. Paperback. 12mo. Stiff green wrappers. 36pp. Illustrations. Very good. Minor edgewear; slight age toning and bit of foxing. Interesting if irrelevant sidebar: This came from the private papers of Enoch Long, though it bears no ownership signature or markings. While living in Alton, Illinois, Long was placed in charge of the militia troops assigned to protect abolitionist martyr and newspaper publisher Elijah Lovejoy, who was shot dead by an angry mob in 1837; he was the brother of explorer Stephen H. Long (1784-1864). Item #12427
Price: $45.00