Tears of Contrition; or Sketches of the Life of John N. Maffitt: With Religious and Moral Reflections. To Which are Appended Several Poetic Effusions. Written by Himself.
New-London [Conn.]: Printed by Samuel Green, 1821. First edition. 12mo, contemporary calf, red leather label, gilt rules and lettering, 260, 40 pages. An autobiography and poetical miscellany from the popular Irish-born itinerant Methodist preacher Maffitt (1794-1850), a “charismatic preacher of the first order” (ANB) sometimes called “the Beau Brummel of..... More