Journal of Travels from New-Hampshire to Caratuck, on the Continent

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KEITH, GEORGE. A Journal of Travels from New-Hampshire to Caratuck, on the Continent of North-America. London: By Joseph Downing, for Brab. Aylmer, 1706. 4to. [4], 92 p. Contemporary paneled calf, rebacked, early replacement free endpapers. Corners worn, pastedowns foxed. A very good copy. Armorial bookplate of A. Gifford D.D. of the Museum, with his customary red shelfmark. First edition. After Keith was disowned by the Quakers and read out of the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, he moved to England where, in 1700, he was ordained to the Anglican Church. In 1702 he returned to America as an S.P.G. missionary. He landed in Boston in June 1702, and for the next two years he traveled from New England south to Currituck, in present-day North Carolina, largely trying to win over the Quakers and the Congregationalists by preaching, arguing, and writing. He mentions many names of local individuals--those with whom he stayed or preached or won over. An important record of religious life in Colonial America by a significant figure of the period. Howes K33; European Americana 706/141; Streeter Sale 817; Clark I 108; ESTC T61193. N° de ref. del artículo 15444

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