New York: Harper & Brothers, 1835.
Price: $3,500.00
Hardcover. Third edition. 16mo. Original brown foliated publisher's cloth gilt. Contemporary name ("Nath. R. Woodhouse, Hartford"), scattered foxing throughout, a little trifling wear at the spine ends, very good or better. The life of Robert Matthews, a notorious New York State religious eccentric who swindled his followers and was indicted for poisoning one of them, all occurring during the turmoil of the Second Great Awakening, during which time he was also acquainted with Mormon founder Joseph Smith. Among Matthias' small group of followers (or his "Kingdom" as he fashioned it) and mentioned frequently throughout the text, was "Isabella, the black woman..." referring to Isabella Baumfree, who was later known by her self-assumed name, Sojourner Truth.
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