Rogers. Memoirs of the Rev. Ammi Rogers, accused of Sex Crimes (1838)

Rogers, Ammi. Memoirs of the Rev. Ammi Rogers, A. M. A Clergyman of the Episcopal Church. Johnstown, N. Y.: Printed by W. Clarke, for the Author, 1838. Eighth Edition, with Additions, Omissions and Alterations. [10422] Leather spine, marbled boards, 6 1/2 x 4 1/4 inches, 264 generally clean pp, tight. Very good. Hardcover. Title continues: Educated at Yale College in Connecticut, Ordained in Trinity Church in the City of New York, Persecuted in the State of Connecticut on Account of Religion and Politics, for almost Twenty Years - and Finally Falsely accused and imprisoned Norowich [sic] jail, for two years, on the charge of crimes said to have been committed in the town of Griswold, in the county of New London, when he was not within about one hundred miles of the place, (see page 147) and of which he was absolutely as innocent as the Judge who pronounced sentence or as any other person in the world. Also, A concise view of the authority, doctrine and worship, in the Protestant Episco