Letter from a gentleman in Boston to a Unitarian clergyman of that city
Author: [Tappan, Lewis.]
Title: Letter from a gentleman in Boston to a Unitarian clergyman of that city
Publication: Boston: T. R. Marvin, 1828
Description: Third edition, 12mo, pp. 20; original printed paper wrappers; light tide state on fore-edge, small wormhole on top margin, not affecting text, very good. Accompanied by: [Ware, Henry]. Reply of a Unitarian Clergyman to the "Letter of a gentleman in Boston." Boston: Waite, Greene & Co., and Bowles & Dearborn, 1828. Second edition, 12mo, pp. 23, [1]; original printed paper wrappers, old folds, very good. Accompanied by: [Blanchard, Joshua]. Review of a "Letter from a gentleman in Boston to a Unitarian clergyman of that city." Boston: Waite, Greene & Co., and Bowles & Dearborn, 1828. Second edition, 12mo, pp. 24; original printed paper wrappers, some spotting to covers, very good. All with the ownership signature of Asa A. Tufts on upper covers. Asa Alford Tufts (1798-1884) was a postmaster of Dover. He served as a clerk in H. John Wheeler's apothecary shop in 1820 and took over the business in 1830. In 1846 he became cashier of the Strafford National Bank and turned the drug store business over to his son, Charles. He retired from the bank at age 77 and became and insurance agent until he died at age 86. He also served as City treasurer from 1856-1865. The initial letter was an argument in favor of Orthodoxy vs. Unitarianism. Tappan himself had spent time aligned with the Unitarians until leaving it for Trinitarianism in 1827. His Letter appears to be something of a parting shot. The target of the letter has been identified as Henry Ware, a leading Unitarian minister and Hollis Chair at Harvard during that time. See Kennedy, Smith & Johnson's Dictionary of Anonymous and Pseudonymous English Literature for identification of Ware and Tappan. The Review is attributed to Blanchard in George Willis Cooke's Unitarianism in America.
Seller ID: 56981
Subject: Americana, Theology
