Chester, John. Obituary Notices of the Rev. John Chester, D. D., Late Pastor of the Second Presbyterian Church in the City of Albany; Published by Order of the Trustees. Albany: Printed by Packard and Van Benthuysen, 1829. [7470]
Maroon cloth binding (NY Public Library), 5 x 8 1/2 inches, stipple engraving of Rev. Chester by Rawdon, Clark & Co., from a portrait by E. Ames in 1819. Offsetting from portrait to tp. NY Library perforated stamp to tp and next leaf, "Duplicate" discard ink stamps to front end papers and a few other pages. 84 clean pp., tight. The original 1829 pamphlet (sans wrappers) bound into a maroon cloth binding by the New York Public Library. Good. Hardcover.
Includes a letter by the Rev. Chester; an anonymous Address; Sketch of the Character of Doctor Chester, from the Albany Argus of January 17, 1829; Tributes of Respect from the Trustees of the Albany Female Academy, of which Dr. Chester was President; the Obituary from the Albany Daily Advertiser; Extracts from Rev. Dr. Nott's sermon preached in Dr. Chester's church the second week after his death; Extracts from a Funeral Sermon, by Mark Tucker; a Letter from the Trustees of the Second Presbyterian Congregation, Albany, to Mrs. Chester; Correspondence between Robert Ralson, Esq. and Joseph Alexander; a Poem to the Memory of the Late Reverend John Chester, D. D., from the Albany Times and Literary Writer.