A Sermon Preached Before the Incorporated Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts: at Their Anniversary Meeting in the Parish Church

Publisher Marketing: Title: A sermon preached before the incorporated Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts: at their anniversary meeting in the parish church of St. Mary-le-Bow, on Friday, February 15, 1793. Author: John DouglasPublisher: Gale, Sabin Americana Description: Based on Joseph Sabin's famed bibliography, Bibliotheca Americana, Sabin Americana, 1500--1926 contains a collection of books, pamphlets, serials and other works about the Americas, from the time of their discovery to the early 1900s. Sabin Americana is rich in original accounts of discovery and exploration, pioneering and westward expansion, the U. S. Civil War and other military actions, Native Americans, slavery and abolition, religious history and more. Sabin Americana offers an up-close perspective on life in the western hemisphere, encompassing the arrival of the Europeans on the shores of North America in the late 15th century to the first decades of the 20th century. Covering a span of over 400 years in North, Central and South America as well as the Caribbean, this collection highlights the society, politics, religious beliefs, culture, contemporary opinions and momentous events of the time. It provides access to documents from an assortment of genres, sermons, political tracts, newspapers, books, pamphlets, maps, legislation, literature and more. Now for the first time, these high-quality digital scans of original works are available via print-on-demand, making them readily accessible to libraries, students, independent scholars, and readers of all ages.++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++SourceLibrary: Huntington LibraryDocumentID: SABCP04422300CollectionID: CTRG03-B670PublicationDate: 17930101SourceBibCitation: Selected Americana from Sabin's Dictionary of books relating to AmericaNotes: Collation: 89 p.; 24 cm Contributor Bio:  Douglas, John John Douglas was born in Cumberland, Maryland in 1947. He has lived most of his life in Morgan County, West Virginia. His mystery novels-Shawnee Alley Fire, Blind Spring Rambler and Haunts-are set in this region and were shaped by his experience. Douglas was longtime editor of "The Morgan Messenger" in Berkeley Springs, W. Va., and "The Hancock News" in Hancock, Md. During his newspaper career, he won many journalism awards, often for editorial writing and court coverage. He is also author of "George Washington & Us, " an illustrated history of the First President's connections with the Berkeley Springs vicinity, and "Joltin' Jim: Jim McCoy's Life in Country Music" (2007), the illustrated biography of the music entrepreneur who discovered Patsy Cline. His work has appeared in "Southern Cultures, Blues Access, Goldenseal, Wonderful West Virginia, The Washington Post, " the "Killing Waters" books about the West Virginia Flood of 1985, and elsewhere.