Biography of Rev. Hosea Ballou
- Boston: Abel Tompkins, 1852
Boston: Abel Tompkins, 1852. First Edition. First printing. Octavo (20cm). Publisher's brown embossed cloth, titled in gilt on spine; pale yellow endpapers; viii,[9]-404; frontispiece portrait; [4]pp ads following text. A straight and attractive copy, with just mild spotting to cloth and a touch of wear at spine ends; internally sound and unmarked, with some faint and scattered foxing, heaviest on endpapers and prelims; a solidly VG copy. Contemporary ownership signature in pencil of Jeremy Bissell Esq. of Windsor, Connecticut.
Biography, written by his youngest son, of the most important early expositor of Universalism in America. Ballou (1771-1852) is little-remembered outside of Universalist circles, perhaps because, unlike his cousin, contemporary, and fellow Universalist minister Adin Ballou, he rarely addressed political and social matters in his own writings or at the pulpit. Thus it is not surprising that this biography, written by his son, the prominent Boston journalist Maturin Ballou (a founding editor of the Boston Globe), does not address anything beyond Ballou's pastoral and doctrinal accomplishments.
Biography, written by his youngest son, of the most important early expositor of Universalism in America. Ballou (1771-1852) is little-remembered outside of Universalist circles, perhaps because, unlike his cousin, contemporary, and fellow Universalist minister Adin Ballou, he rarely addressed political and social matters in his own writings or at the pulpit. Thus it is not surprising that this biography, written by his son, the prominent Boston journalist Maturin Ballou (a founding editor of the Boston Globe), does not address anything beyond Ballou's pastoral and doctrinal accomplishments.