This collection consists of a book that has late 1700s Tison family birth, marriage, and death dates on the fly leafs and on the margins of pages. The book is titled, An Alarm to Unconverted Sinners in a Serious Treatise and was written by Joseph Alleine, late Minister of the Gospel at Taunton in Somersetshire [England], in 1672. This edition is the 1767 Boston, N.E. [New England] printing. On page 224 of the book is written, "Jonathan Tison his book baught [sic] January the 18 day 1775. The price 5S." The book is probably from the Farmville, North Carolina, area.
The book is titled, An Alarm to Unconverted Sinners in a Serious Treatise and was written by Joseph Alleine, late Minister of the Gospel at Taunton in Somersetshire [England], in 1672. This edition is the 1767 Boston, N.E. [New England] printing. This book has late 1700s Tison family birth, marriage, and death dates on the fly leafs and on the margins of pages.
In this book, the Tison family birth, marriage, and death dates from the late 1700s are written on the fly leafs and on the margin of pages. On page 224 of the book, there is a note written "Jonathan Tison his book baught [sic] January the 18 day 1775. The price 5S." The book is believed to have originated from someone in Farmville, Pitt County, North Carolina.
Gift of Ronald M. Tyson
Processed by Aleck Tan, January 2020
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