Weiss John Rev (2 results)
Published by published by Elihu Burritt & Co.; Henry J. Howland, printer, n.d., Worcester 1847
Seller: Rulon-Miller Books (ABAA / ILAB), St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.Rulon-Miller Books (ABAA / ILAB)
Contact seller5-star seller8vo, pp. 19, [1]; original printed tan wrappers; near fine. Wrapper adds the imprint of William D. Ticknor & Co., Boston. Weiss (1818-1879) was a classmate of Henry David Thoreau at Harvard (class of 1837), a friend and biographer of Theodore Parker, and one of the founders of the Free Religious Association. "Impetuous in his en…thusiasm, zealous for liberty - which meant open opposition to negro slavery among other things - unpredictably witty, eloquent and satirical in his sermons, he dazzled, bewildered and ultimately exasperated his pewholders at Watertown and New Bedford. Unable to find a congenial parish, he was compelled at various times to live on the insecure returns from writing, lecturing, and occasional preaching" (see DAB).
Published by press of Benjamin Lindsey, New Bedford 1852
Seller: Rulon-Miller Books (ABAA / ILAB), St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.Rulon-Miller Books (ABAA / ILAB)
Contact seller5-star seller8vo, pp. 32; original printed tan wrappers; very good. Inscribed at the top of the front wrapper, "With respects of J. Weiss." Weiss (1818-1879) was a classmate of Henry David Thoreau at Harvard (class of 1837), a friend and biographer of Theodore Parker, and one of the founders of the Free Religious Association. "Impetuous in h…is enthusiasm, zealous for liberty - which meant open opposition to negro slavery among other things - unpredictably witty, eloquent and satirical in his sermons, he dazzled, bewildered and ultimately exasperated his pewholders at Watertown and New Bedford. Unable to find a congenial parish, he was compelled at various times to live on the insecure returns from writing, lecturing, and occasional preaching" (see DAB).
