1783 METHODIST TRACT. Life and Death of John Janeway - To be Given Away. By James Wheatley. ZZAmericanaandHistory an 8-line inscription signed by

an 8-line inscription signed by Samuel B

000 line epic narrative poem

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Wonderful as a desk top paperweight or suitable for framing and apparently unique

thou that Sleepest

1783 METHODIST TRACT. Life and Death of John Janeway - To be Given Away. By James Wheatley. ZZAmericanaandHistory an 8-line inscription signed byA rather scarce tract printed by the Methodists, offered at auction just once in the last 100+ years. Unusually, issued by the Methodists as a free tract, not to be sold, and also without the authors name, for reasons which will be obvious in a moment. The subject was one well known in the puritan era. John Janeway, also a puritan, was brother of eminent non conformist divine, James Janeway. John, however, was quite ill and died before his ministry