A very scarce complete year of the Virginia-based Evangelical and Literary Magazine and Missionary Chronicle, conducted by the influential Presbyterian minister John Holt Rice.
It remains a crucial primary source for students of early Presbyterianism and revival. The periodical serves as a vital record of the Second Great Awakening and the expanding American Missionary Revival, chronicling local revivals, the development of regional institutions, and contemporary debates over sectarianism, i.e. New and Old School Presbyterianism, etc.
Crucially, the publication sheds significant light on early nineteenth-century Southern Presbyterian attitudes toward slavery, reflecting the complex, often contradictory reformist impulses of white Presbyterians who advocated for religious instruction and colonization while navigating the deeply entrenched system of human bondage. Further, its missionary chronicles provide valuable historical accounts of early outreach and treaty-era interactions with Native American tribes, documenting the progress of missions among the Cherokee and other Indigenous nations as white settlement increasingly threatened tribal sovereignty.
Full contents pages available in the images.
Rice, John R. [Ed.] The Virginia Evangelical and Literary Magazine. Volume II. January through December, 1819. Richmond. From the Franklin Press. W. W. Gray, Printer. 1819. 582pp.
Good + to very good in half calf, some rubbing, foxed as shown, a few stains in margins and some sepia ink marks.
