Cox, Samuel Hanson. Interviews: Memorable and Useful [Mormon content]

Cox, Samuel Hanson. Interviews: Memorable and Useful; from Diary and Memory Reproduced. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1853. First Edition. [10419] Faded green cloth publisher's binding, blindstamped borders, remnants of a paper label on front and back covers (see pics), 8 x 5 1/4 inches, tight. 1853 manuscript bookplate of William Gilmore, Brooklyn. 325 pp. plus and 8 p. catalogue of theological works by Harper & Brothers. Foxing throughout. Good. Hardcover. The chapters are interviews with I. Rev. Dr. Chalmers, II. Rev. Dr. Emmons, III. John Quincy Adams, IV. Two Pseudo-Apostles, and V. A Fashionable Lady at Calais, France. The "Two Pseudo-Apostles" are Mormons - Latter Day Saints - who approach him in his church and try to teach their doctrines. Flake 2565: "Chapter entitled 'Visit extraordinary. Two pseudo-apostles' concerns Mormonism, p. 275-299. Meets two Mormon missionaries and records the interview with 'those squalid beauties.'" Samuel Hanson Cox, D.D., LL.D., (1793-1880