Hobart, John Henry; Lowndes, Arthur [editor]. Archives of the General Convention: The Correspondence of John Henry Hobart (6 volume set). New York: Privately Printed, 1911-1912. First Editions. [9577]
Six volumes, spines black cloth, green boards, bright gilt titles, 10 3/4 x 7 3/4 inches, top page edges gilt, rest deckled. The set is in fine clean condition. Each with introductory matter and index for the volume. Each volume one of 250 copies printed at the Merrymount Press, Boston, by D. B. Updike. Volumes described below. Fine. Hardcover.
Volume I. - The Correspondence of John Henry Hobart, 1757-1797. ccxiv., 395 pp. The 214 pp. of introductory matter present the Archives of the General Convention, a biography of Bishop Hobart, and a Bibliography of Bishop Hobart's works.
Volume II. - The Correspondence of John Henry Hobart, 1798-1801. xi., [1], 552 pp.
Volume III. - The Correspondence of John Henry Hobart, 1802 to September, 1804. xi., [1], 604 pp.
Volume IV. - The Correspondence of John Henry Hobart, September 27, 1804 to August, 1805. xi., [1], 576 pp.
Volume V. - The Correspondence of John Henry Hobart, September, 1805 to April, 1808. xiv., 602 pp.
Volume VI. - The Correspondence of John Henry Hobart, May, 1808 to February, 1811. xiv., 614 pp.
John Henry Hobart, D.D. (1775-1830), Protestant Episcopal Bishop of New York. Hobart was born in Philadelphia and died at Auburn, New York. He graduated at Princeton in 1793 with high honor, and served as minister of churches near Philadelphia, in New Brunswick, at Long Island, and at the Trinity Church in New York City. He was instrumental in the foundation of the General Theological Seminary and served that institution as professor of Pastoral Theology. He stressed "Evangelical Truth and Apostolic Order," and was able to faithfully establish and protect Protestant Episcopal doctrine and practice when the new United States was suspicious of all things British in origin. “In 1823, his health becoming enfeebled, a voyage to Europe was deemed desirable, and he remained there above two years. He preached in Rome when Protestant worship was barely tolerated, and made an effective appeal in behalf of the Waldenses. In his journey through the Italian states he encountered much annoyance, and when at Milan was examined before the civil magistrates as to the object of his tour. He defended himself with a freedom and frankness that left little doubt of his honesty.” – M’Clintock & Strong.