Memoir of Rebekah Evans (1758-1835), Christian woman of South Reading, Mass.

Evans, Rebekah. Memoir of Mrs. Rebekah Evans, of South Reading, Mass. Boston: J. Howe, Printer, 1836. First Edition. [10671] Blue cloth, 6 x 4 inches, light stains/blotches to binding, joints good. Yellow end papers, rear end paper hinge torn. Bookplate of Sarah Marsh on the ffep. Lithograph frontispiece portrait with tissue guard, by Pendleton's of Boston, after a painting by Thomas Badger. 141, [1] pages. Stains in the text, including a damp stain in the top half of many leaves. Good. Hardcover. Rebekah Evans (1758-1835), b. Reading, Massachusetts. Born to Ebenezer and Hepzibah Smith, she married Thomas Evans (1749-1814) of Reading, in 1776, who was a member of the local militia. Thomas became a prosperous farmer in Reading, and was considered a shrewd and energetic man of business. "His wife, who survived him many years, was a pattern woman, - prudent, notable, and pious. A memoir of her life has been published...one trait in her character that was quite largely developed - this was