The Parson of the Islands: A Biography of the Late Rev. Joshua Thomas, with Sketches of Many of His Contemporaries, and an Account of the Origin of Methodism on the Islands of the Chesapeake and the Eastern Shores of Maryland and Virginia
Philadelphia: Published at the office of The Methodist Home Journal, 1870. Woodcut illustrations. Original cloth. Octavo. 412 pages. Near fine. Bound in rust-colored cloth over boards with black and gilt titles and ornamentation. Mild wear to extremities, boards lightly rubbed. Some minor foxing to endpapers and first and last few leaves. Hinges sound.
Joshua Thomas was a Tangier and Deal Island waterman-turned-minister who was largely responsible for the spread of Methodism on Maryland's Eastern Shore and Tangier Island. This account by Wallace is based on an uncompleted manuscript by the Rev. Levin Prettyman as well as anecdotes by those who knew and loved Rev. Thomas. It is the major source for what is known about Thomas.
Ref. PRATT, EASTERN SHORE OF MARYLAND #835.
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