Manuscript Family History and Autobiographical Writings

Tall 8vo (10 1/4 x61/4), later half morocco and marbled boards, (60 pages with text) 160 pp. A complete index of names mentioned is included at the rear. Binding well worn, internally disbound with loose signatures, some aging and toning, but text pretty clean and easy to read. The first approximately 60 pages provide a detailed genealogy of the ancestors and descendants of Rev. Grant Powers of Goshen, Connecticut from the first Powers to come to America in 1654. His manuscript takes us to 1840. Following the genealogy there are about 60 pages of autobiographical writings of Rev. Grant, presumably unpublished. However, Rev. Powers was the author of "Historical Sketches of the Discovery, Settlement, and Progress of Events in the Coos Country and Vicinity, between 1754 & 1785." He also delivered an address to the people of Goshen, Connecticut in 1838, which were published. The Powers family included distinguished citizens from several New England states including Connecticut, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Massachusetts. Rev. Powers wrote this family record upon his being diagnosed with Angina Pectoris and in anticipation of his inevitable death. He died April 1, 1841.openlibrary.org.