1852 Black River Conference Memorial, Upstate New York Methodist History

Gorrie, P. Douglass. The Black River Conference Memorial: containing Sketches of the Life and Character of the Deceased Members of the Black River Conference of the M. E. Church. With Portraits and an Introduction. New-York: Carlton & Phillips, 1852. First Edition. [10712] Worn black cloth with blindstamped patterns, gilt to spine, bottom portion of backstrip sometime pasted down, 7 1/2 x 4 3/4 inches. The binding is worn at the edges with some exposures, yet still tight. 356 pp. plus publisher's catalogue.  Pages generally clean with a marginal dampstain at the top of the last 25 leaves or so. Ten quality lithograph portraits by Endicott of NYC. The plate of Rev. A. D. Peck and the next leaf have a small portion cut from the top margin. Fair. Hardcover. Biographies of 15 Methodist ministers, with notices of their labors. Gives insight into the state of Methodism at that time. "The above work was written at the request of the Ogdensburgh District Ministerial Association, and its pu