Autobiography of Rev. Abel C. Thomas, Universalist (1852)

Thomas, Abel C. Autobiography of Rev. Abel C. Thomas: including Recollections of Persons, Incidents, and Places. Boston: J. M. Usher, 1852. First Edition. [10886] Teal cloth decorated in blind & gilt, light scuffing with frayed corner tips, 7 3/4 x 5 inches. 408 generally clean pp., light foxing, a bit shaken at the center. Good. Hardcover. John C. Morgan, in the Dictionary of Unitarian and Universalist Biography, styles this 'the most detailed source of information" on the life of Thomas. Incidents and people mentioned in this autobiography include Universalist churches, Thomas Wetherill, Elias Hicks, Lorenzo Dow, Unitarian Mohammedanism, Hosea Ballou, Attacked by a clergyman in Easton Court House, Abner Kneeland, Arminio-Calvinism, Rev. Albert Barnes, Singular freak of a Universalist minister, Lewiston bee-house, Presbyterian Force-pump, The Smith War, Discussion with Rev. Luther Lee, Knappism, Down into a coal-mine, Devil's doctrine, Fanaticism and Enthusiasm, Negro Sermon in a