A History of Long Island, from its first settlement by Europeans, to the year 1845, with Special Reference to its Ecclesiastical Concerns In Two Parts. I. Its physical features and civil affairs. II. Annals of the several Towns, relating chiefly to Ecclesiastical Matters

By Nathaniel S. Prime

Published:  Robert Carter, New York, 1845.

xii., 420 pp., folding map of Long Island as frontis.  Hardcover in original blind-stamped publisher's cloth.  Spine cover is detached and laid inside front cover.  Previous owner (1899) bookplate on front pastedown.  Publisher's catalogue at end. 

Howes P-608.A history of Long Island with particular attention paid to its religious character. Includes information on early missionary activity among the Indians. The second part examines each town county by county, with information on the different churches found therein. Includes statistics on Congregational, Presbyterian, Reformed Dutch, Episcopal, Methodist Episcopal, African Methodist, Baptist, Swedenborgian, and Roman Catholic churches.

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