The Star in the East; A Sermon, Preached in the Parish-Church of St. James, Bristol, on Sunday, Feb. 26, 1809, for the Benefit of the "Society for Missions to Africa and the East." ... To which is added, an Appendix, containing the Interesting Report of the Rev. Dr. Kerr, to the Governor of Madras, on the State of the Ancient Christians in Cochin and Travancore; and an Account of the Discoveries, made by the Rev. Dr. Buchanan, of 200,000 Christians, in the Sequestered Region of Hindostan. Third American Edition.
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Year: 1809
Entry: Buchanan, Claudius. The Star in the East; A Sermon, Preached in the Parish-Church of St. James, Bristol, on Sunday, Feb. 26, 1809, for the Benefit of the "Society for Missions to Africa and the East." ... To which is added, an Appendix, containing the Interesting Report of the Rev. Dr. Kerr, to the Governor of Madras, on the State of the Ancient Christians in Cochin and Travancore; and an Account of the Discoveries, made by the Rev. Dr. Buchanan, of 200,000 Christians, in the Sequestered Region of Hindostan. Third American Edition. New-York: Williams & Whiting, 1809. 56 p.
Author/Editor: Claudius Buchanan
Location: New York, NY
Holdings: In most academic libraries
Title: The Star in the East; A Sermon, Preached in the Parish-Church of St. James, Bristol, on Sunday, Feb. 26, 1809, for the Benefit of the "Society for Missions to Africa and the East." ... To which is added, an Appendix, containing the Interesting Report of the Rev. Dr. Kerr, to the Governor of Madras, on the State of the Ancient Christians in Cochin and Travancore; and an Account of the Discoveries, made by the Rev. Dr. Buchanan, of 200,000 Christians, in the Sequestered Region of Hindostan. Third American Edition.
Printer/Publisher: Williams & Whiting
Language: English
Notes: Informative of the Jews at Cochin and their Scriptures. While not the first American edition of Buchanan’s The Star in the East (1809), this edition appears to be the first to include the appendix by Kerr. Frequently reissued. S & S 17108.