The Life of David Marks, to the 26th Year of His Age, including the particulars of his conversion, call to the ministry, and labours in itinerant preaching for nearly eleven years, written by himself.

Title: The Life of David Marks, to the 26th Year of His Age, including the particulars of his conversion, call to the ministry, and labours in itinerant preaching for nearly eleven years, written by himself.
Author: David Marks
Publisher: Office of the Morning Star, Limerick, Maine
Published: 1831
Binding: Hardcover
Language: English
Edition: First Edition
Number of Pages: 396
Catalogs: Christianity, Religion, Memoir
Description: Full calf binding, possibly repaired on front board, or containing a large spot of resin. Leather is scuffed and worn, but has a glossy patina of age. Tips are slightly exposed. Title is nearly obscured on spine. The book is missing several pages at the front and rear, including the flyleaf, title and copyright page, and final page of the book. Penmanship practice and doodles on endpapers, in ink and pencil. Pages are foxed and tanned, with some additional spotting periodically. Stitching is visible. Text begins at the preface and table of contents. David Marks (1805-1845), from Seneca County, New York, became a Free Will Baptist after encountering religious revivals, of the same type that would influence his nearby contemporary, Joseph Smith. This account is of his travels through the region, preaching, baptizing, and strengthening congregations of his denomination. The work is notable as the earliest published reference to Mormonism and the Book of Mormon. Hardcover, acceptable condition. 396 pages, 12mo.