Leaves from Margaret Smith's Journal in the Province of Massachusetts Bay, 1678-9
Boston: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, 1849. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good / No Jacket. Item #2347073
First edition (Sabin 103807; Howes W-395; BAL 21766). Boards faded, 1 inch closed tear along front joint, minor loss from spine head and foot, pencil name on front endpaper.
4, 224 pp. Publisher's catalog bound in preceding text. Published anonymously by John Greenleaf Whittier, and presented as factual, albeit with a prefatory note stating there are 'occasional inaccuracies in respect to persons, places, and dates... [and] passages indicative of a comparatively recent origin, and calculated to case a shade of doubt over the entire narrative." EXCERPT: "Boston, May ye 8th, 1678. I remember I did promise my kind cousin Oliver, (whom I pray God to have always in his keeping,) when I parted with him nigh unto three Months ago, at mine uncle Grindall's, that, on coming to this new Countrie, I would, for his Sake and perusal, keep a little Journal of whatsoever did happen both unto myself and unto Those with whom I might sojourn; as also, some account of the Countrie and its Marvels, and mine own Cogitations thereon."
Price: $250.00