Cornell, John J. Autobiography of John J. Cornell containing an Account of His Religious Experiences and Travels in the Ministry. Baltimore, Md: The Lord Baltimore Press, 1906. First Edition. [10552]
Black cloth, light smudges to binding, outline on front cover probably from a bookend, 9 1/4 x 6 1/4 inches, tight. Portrait frontispiece with printed signature and tissue guard. 498 clean and unmarked pp. Small bookseller ticket on rear end paper, "Friends' Book Association of Philadelphia." Good. Hardcover.
John J. Cornell (1826-1909), b. Poughkeepsie, NY; d. Baltimore, Md. Cornell was a minister with the Society of Friends, or Quakers. The book consists of his reminiscences, letters, diary extracts, and some of his sermons and essays. There is a chapter devoted to his Temperance work.