Abiel Holmes THE HISTORY OF CAMBRIDGE 1801 Rare First Edition Topography Bridge Boston construction Churches Gardens Thomas Brattle Government Religion Residents Native Americans Population Massachusetts Historical Society

Title: The History of Cambridge
Author: Abiel Holmes - Abiel Holmes was an American Congregational clergyman and historian in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. He was the father of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. and grandfather of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr..

Holmes was born in Woodstock, Connecticut. He was the son of David Holmes and Mehitable Mayhew. He graduated from Yale College in 1783. In 1784, while ministering in South Carolina, he was recruited to be the minister at the Congregational Church in Midway, Georgia. He returned to New England to be ordained in 1785 and once for health reasons between 1786 and 1787, but returned to Midway and remained there until 1791. Holmes married Mary Stiles, the daughter of Ezra Stiles, the president of Yale. Mr. Stiles was the subject of a laudatory biography penned by Holmes.

In 1792, Rev. Holmes became the minister at First Church in Cambridge, Massachusetts. In 1805, he published a history entitled American Annals. Amid a theological controversy between Calvinism and Arminianism, Holmes resigned from the ministry in 1831 and the church chose a Unitarian minister to replace him.

Publisher: Printed by Samuel Hall
City: Boston
Year: 1801
Printing Information: First Edition
Binding Style: Hardcover
Pagination: 67 pages
Width: 5.5" Height: 8.5"
Book Details: Housed in a later marbled paper and cloth binding, this rare antique first edition discusses a variety of subjects, including: topography, a bridge built to connect Boston and Cambridge, construction, churches, gardens of Thomas Brattle, government, religion, important residents, Native Americans, and much more.
Condition / Notes: This antique volume shows well, with some indications of age and wear to the later binding, including shelfwear and rubbing. The binding and text block are sound; the front hinge is cracked. Text is clear and legible through moderate/heavy age toning/foxing. There is a small label affixed to the inside of the front cover.

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