Whittemore, Thomas. The Modern History of Universalism, from the Era of the Reformation to the Present Time. Boston: Published by the Author, 1830. [10916]
Full sheep with a red leather title label and gilt lines to the spine, binding very good with slight edge-wear, 7 1/4 x 4 1/2 inches, tight. 458 pages plus errata page and adverts, foxing throughout. Very good. Hardcover.
Thomas Whittemore, (1800-1861), a Universalist minister, a member of the Massachusetts legislature (1831-1836), and the president of both the Cambridge Bank and the Vermont & Massachusetts Railroad. He was editor and founder of The Trumpet and Universalist Magazine and one of the founders of the Universalist Historical Society. He compiled five different hymnals for his denomination, as well as tracts and several books, including a four-volume biography of his mentor, Life of Rev. Hosea Ballou.
Whittemore's direct, controversial and often strident manner attracted a great following among the Universalist church members.
