Author: Eliot, Andrew
Title: The Faithful Steward. A Sermon Delivered by Andrew Eliot, M.A. At His Ordination to the Pastoral Charge of the New North Church in Boston, in Conjunction with the Rev. Mr. Webb. On April 14. 1742
Description: Boston: Printed by Tho. Fleet, for Samuel Eliot in Cornhill, 1742. Softcover. First edition; 8 x 5 1/4; pp. 5-35; beige wraps, tied with a string; elaborate woodcut border to front wrap; woodcut vignettes to title page and at head of first chapter; scattered spots of foxing, mostly to wraps; last leaf with two tears to lower margin and small loss of paper (not affecting text); several small nicks to edges; overall in very good condition.Andrew Eliot (1718 - 1778) was a prominent Congregational Minister of the New North Church in Boston, present day St. Stephen's Church - today the last church standing in the city, to have been designed by Charles Bulfinch, considered the first American-born to practice architecture as a profession. A Harvard graduate, Eliot was one of very few ministers to remain in Boston throughout the siege of the city during the Revolutionary War. He was also the namesake of one of the main characters of screenwriter and author Erich Segal's novel "The Class." He presented his current speech on the dangers of the First Great Awakening at his ordination at the New North Church. (Evans 4940). One copy at the Huntington Library, several other institutions appear to hold only e-copies. Ill.: 0. 2.

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