Source of the Passaic Falls....1831.....Hinton
Cartographer : - Hinton, John Howard 1791 - 1873
- Date: - 1831 - dated
- Size: - 11in x 8in (280mm x 205mm)
- Ref#: - 35219
- Condition: - (A+) Fine Condition
Description:
This fine original copper plate engraved antique print engraved & printed by Fenner & Sears was published in the 1832 edition of John Howard Hintons History and Topography of the United States.
General Definitions:
Paper thickness and quality: - Heavy and stable
Paper color : - off white
Age of map color: -
Colors used: -
General color appearance: -
Paper size: - 11in x 8in (280mm x 205mm)
Plate size: - 11in x 8in (280mm x 205mm)
Margins: - Min 1in (25mm)
Imperfections:
Margins: - Light age toning
Plate area: - None
Verso: - Light age toning
The Great Falls of the Passaic River is a prominent waterfall, 77 feet high, on the Passaic River in the city of Paterson in Passaic County, New Jersey, United States. The falls and surrounding area are protected as part of the Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park, administered by the National Park Service.
Hinton was an English author and Baptist minister who published, along with many other works, The History and Topography of the United States of North America together with his brother Isaac Taylor Hinton (1799-1847). He is the father of surgeon James Hinton and grandfather of mathematician and science fiction author Charles Howard Hinton.
John Howard Hinton was born in Oxford in 1791 to James Hinton (1761–1823) and Ann Hinton. His Father, James Hinton, was a pastor in Oxford, and ran a school. Hinton was taught at his fathers school where he became friends with Edward Steane. Hinton first preached in Reading, afterwards became pastor of a Baptist church in London, and was distinguished as an independent and original preacher, and a zealous advocate for liberty in religion and politics, for example arguing that it was the church\'s responsibility to punish violations of morality, such as lying, whereas the state should limit itself to enforcing offences against society (which might encompass the former, such as theft).
For many yeats Hinton was a joint secretary of the Baptist Union with his lifelong friend Edward Steane.
In 1840 he attended the Worlds Anti-Slavery Convention where he was captured in a group painting just in front of Isaac Crewdson.
In 1865 he published the sixth and last volume of his sermons. He is thought to view God as not necessarily good but a being who deserves adoration irrespective of his works. Hinton died in 1873 in Bristol.
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