1828 PLATES FOR BAPTIST BIBLE. 1828 Letter to Augustus Beach of BGTS Re: Plates for "Immerser" Bible. ZZFineMiscellanea An exceptionally rare item relating

An exceptionally rare item relating to the desire of North Carolina to renegotiate how "free negroes" and "slaves" affected the allocation of representatives to the State Legislature

To be communicated

I hope you will not oppose the declaration which it is sought to pass

Esteem all earthly things as silly toys -

1828 PLATES FOR BAPTIST BIBLE. 1828 Letter to Augustus Beach of BGTS Re: Plates for "Immerser" Bible. ZZFineMiscellanea An exceptionally rare item relatingA very fine 1828 unpublished ALS to Baptist Pastor, author, and agent of the Baptist General Tract Society [BGTS], Augustus Beach. The letter is from one of the founders of the BGTS, Noah Davis, who wanted to both cooperate with and compete with the American Tract Society in dispensing inexpensive devotional generally [cooperate] and Baptistic works specifically [compete] westward during the rapid expansion toward the Pacific. The letter was addressed