Journal of Travels from New-Hampshire to Caratuck, on the Continent of
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KEITH, George. A Journal of Travels from New-Hampshire to Caratuck, on the Continent of North-America. London: Printed by Joseph Downing..., 1706. Title-leaf, dedication leaf, 92pp. Small quarto. Modern quarter calf and marbled boards, gilt-stamped spine, raised bands. Modern bookplate on front pastedown.. Ownership signature at head of titlepage. Title-leaf a bit soiled. Very good. CHURCH 827. STREETER SALE 817. CLARK I:108. SABIN 37199. William Reese, "Works of George Keith Printed in America" in PRINCETON LIBRARY CHRONICLE, Winter 1978, pp.98-124. HOWES K33, "b." EUROPEAN AMERICANA 706/141. Keith arrived in Boston in 1702 as a representative of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, having renounced his previous fanatical attachment to Quakerism. His travels from New England to Carolina during the two subsequent years had him sermonizing before a good number of congregations, as well as taking part in several pamphlet controversies (Sabin attributes some fifty-two titles to him; see Reese's bibliography of Keith's American publications). He preached at Yorktown, Williamsburg, Jamestown, and other locations along the coast, and made a name for himself by taking on the "stubborn and irascible inhabitants" of the colonies. An important narrative by a major figure of the period. This copy is signed at the top of the title by William Boothly, a noted English book collector of the period.
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