THE POWER OF FAITH,; exemplified in the life and writings of the late ... a new edn. Enriched by her narrative of her husband's death and other select correspondence. [Compiled by Joanna Bethune]
NY: American Tract Society, (1843). 8vo, pp. 440. Bound in full calf with leather label, lacks the front blank endpaper, inscription on blank leaf, a very good copy. Sabin 28211. Item #58153
Born in Scotland, Graham (1742-1814) went to Canada with her physician husband with the intention of settling. Impoverished on the death of her husband, she returned to Scotland, eventually setting up a school for women in Edinburgh. In 1789 she emigrated to New York and established a girls school. In 1797 she helped establish the Society for the Relief of Poor Widows with Small Children, one of the earliest charitable organizations established in the US and one of the first instances of women taking organized action on their own.
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