ID'd 1833 CORNELIA WILLIS ~ SLAVE ABOLITIONIST HARRIET JACOBS SPIRIT OF PRAYER

Description

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Up for auction is an original old rare book titled:
THE SPIRIT OF PRAYER
BY
HANNAH MORE
TO WHICH IS ADDED,
PIETAS QUOTIDIANA,
OR
PRAYERS AND MEDITATIONS
FOR
EVERY DAY IN THE WEEK, AND OR  VARIOUS
OCCASIONS.
ALSO,
HYMNS SUITED TO THE SUBJECTS.
It was published by SWORDS, STANFORD, AND CO. - NEW YORK - No. 152 Broadway.
The book has a date of 1833 and
measures approximately 4.5" x 3"
with 256 pages.
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Condition as pictured.   Please see photos for reference.  The leather spine is gone... and someone put tape on the binding.  But
the pages are in tact and the book is complete
.
The book is ID'd to
CORNELIA WILLIS
.
Cornelia was married to
NATHANIEL PARKER WILLIS,
an American author, poet and editor who worked with several notable American writers including Edgar Allan Poe and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
He became the highest-paid magazine writer of his day.
For a time, he was the employer of former slave and future writer Harriet Jacobs.
CORNELIA WILLIS (to whom the book is ID'd to)
was Nathaniel Parker Willis' second wife and 20 years his junior.
She is famously known for eventually buying/paying for the freedom and emancipation of HARRIET JACOBS after Harriet's 27 years of slavery.
Harriet Jacobs was an amazing African American writer who escaped slavery and became an abolitionist speaker and reformer.  And that's to say the least.
A great historical gem and rare piece of history to add to any collection.
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