Whitney, Alethea Helen. A History of the Manokin Presbyterian Church, Princess Anne, Maryland 1672-1980. Denton, Maryland: Printed by the Baker Printing Company, 1981. First Edition. [11392]
Teal cloth with yellow titles, 9 1/4 x 6 1/4 inches, xiv, 250 clean pp., many illustrations from photographs. Very good. Hardcover.
This book is based upon a History of this church published in 1910 and written by Henry Pringle Ford. It contains all that was valuable in that book plus much more, bringing the history up to 1980.
"In addition to Session records and minutes, and Ford's History, a volume by the Rev. Clarence Torrence entitled Old Somerset on the Eastern Shore of Maryland, 1935 (reprinted in 1966), was heavily relied upon for relevant material." - Introduction.
