1836 book with label of E. Watts, Charlottesville. Watts was book-binder to Thomas Jefferson. Book entitled "The Missionary Herald: Containing the Proceedings at Large of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, with a General View of Other Benevolent Operations for the Year 1836. Vol XXXII" Printed in Boston by Crocker and Brewster. Interesting content giving dispatches from missionaries around the world, offering a unique perspective on political and social situations of the colonial era, including much on Native American tribes, Sandwich Islands, African tribes, China, and much more, giving insight into the colonial mind as well as into the countries and cultures described. Marbled boards, gold stamped leather spine.