The Foundation of Sunday School in America: J. Scudder - Letters to Sabbath-School Children (1823)

[Rare pre-1850s American chapbook]   SCUDDER, J. Letters to Sabbath-School Children. Philadelphia: American S. S. Union [n.d.] (no later than 1843). (150 x 95) pp. 54 + 6 blank pages. 10 woodblock illustrations embellish the text. Paper wrapper with framing illustration around title, author, and publication information. Back cover is publisher’s ads, framed in decorative border. Crudely stitched binding. Some curling to edges. Waterstain to first 23 pages, subsequent spotting congruous with age. Overall GOOD condition An 1888 P.H. Mayo & Brother, Richmond, Virginia “Costumes of Warriors & Soldiers Ancient and Modern” (first series) stub, to promote Holly Tobacco inserted as bookmark. This stub features a colour illustration by Hatch Lithographic Company of Edward the Black Prince on recto, and details about the series on verso. Rev. Dr. John Scudder was born in New Jersey in 1793, graduated Princeton in 1811 and the New York College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1813. He becam