1826 JOHN NEWTON. The Works of John Newton. First American Edition. Abolition to take the Lead &

to take the Lead & set the Example

the present work was heavily used and considered very helpful

wch will cut us down presently like ye grass or corn of ye field –

Yale holds one similar notebook dating from 1728-1730 with sermon texts and "some development

1826 JOHN NEWTON. The Works of John Newton. First American Edition. Abolition to take the Lead &A very attractively preserved complete set of the first American edition of the works of former slave trader turned abolitionist, hymnist, and evangelical divine, John Newton. Very scarce and almost never located complete. Newton, John. The Works of Rev. John Newton, Late Rector of the United Parishes of St. Mary Woolnoth and St. Mary Woolchurch Haw, London. From the Last London Edition, Published by Direction of His Executors. In Four Volumes. Vol. I