THE MESSENGER'S PREMIUM ALBUM [cover title].
Owensville, IN: The Messenger, nd [ca.1905]. First edition (?). Oblong 4to (7 3/8 x 10 3/8 inches). (1, index), 36 pp. [printed triple column]. Biographical directory of 19th-century ministers, both men and women, for the General Baptist denomination, including the deceased, for an area including Indiana, Illinois, Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, Missouri, Arkansas, Texas, and Oklahoma; each sketch is accompanied by a portrait of the minister. General Baptists (believing Christ died for everyone and not just the chosen) first gained a foothold in America in Kentucky and Indiana in the 1820s, spreading to the general area reflected in this biographical sketch book. Apparently not recorded on OCLC. Original printed tan wrappers (soiled, worn around the edges, spine eroded). Item #65376
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