Grafton, Joseph. A Sermon exhibiting the Origin, Progress and Present State of the Baptist Church and Society in Newton, Mass. preached before them on the First Lord's Day in January, 1830. Boston: Printed by William R. Collier, 1830. [11626]
Original light blue printed wrapper, 8 3/4 x 5 1/4 inches, 16 pp., foxing. Good. Pamphlet.
Starr, A Baptist Bibliography, G2582.
Joseph Grafton (1757-1836), b. Newport, Rhode Island; d. Newton, Massachusetts. He was for nearly fifty years the pastor the Baptist church in Newton, Mass.
"His labors were abundantly blessed, several revivals occurring during his ministry. Five hundred and fifty-four persons were received into the church during his connection with it...Mr. Grafton was one of the best-known and honored ministers of his denomination in all the region where he labored so long as a servant of Christ." - Cathcart, The Baptist Encyclopedia (1881).
