ABBOT, Abiel.
Letters written in the interior of Cuba,
Letters written in the interior of Cuba,
between the mountains of Arcana to the east, and of Cusco to the west, in the months of February, March, April and May, 1828.
Stock Code 98156
Boston, Bowles and Dearborn, 1829
He started working as a preacher in Haverhill, Massachusetts in 1793, and remained there through 1803, after having been promoted to pastor in 1795. He then moved to Beverly, Massachusetts, and became a pastor there. He remained in that position through the end of his life.
In 1828, he travelled to Cuba to recover his health, and died of yellow fever on his way back. He had one book published posthumously, "Letters from Cuba", in 1829.
First edition. 8vo., xv, 256 pp., original drab boards sometime rebacked with green cloth, boards rubbed and worn, internally clean and fresh.
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