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Rev. Levi Parsons,

LATE MISSIONARY TO PALESTINE.

En three Parts.

I. CONTAINING SKETCHES OF HIS YOUTH AND EDUCATION. II. CON-
TAINING SKETCHES OF HIS MISSIONARY LABOURS IN THIS
COUNTRY. III. CONTAINING SKETCHES OF HIS MIS-

SIONARY LABOURS IN ASIA MINOR AND JUDEA;
TOGETHER WITH AN ACCOUNT OF HIS

LAST SICKNESS AND DEATH.

COMPILED AND PREPARED BY

Rev. Daniel O. Morton, A. M.
Pastor of a Church in Shoreham, (Vt.)

PUBLISHED AND PRINTED BY SMITH & SHUTE,
POULTNEY (VT.)

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District of Vermont-To wit;

Be it remembered, That on the seventeenth day of July, in the forty-ninth year of the Independence of the United States of America, Rev. DANIEL O. MORTON, of the said district, hath deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof he claims as proprietor, in the words following, to wit;

"Memoir of Rev. LEVI PARSONS, late Missionary to Palestine. In three parts. I. Containing Sketches of his Youth and Education. II. Containing Sketches of his Missionary Labours in this country. III. Containing Sketches of his Missionary Labours in Asia Minor and Judea; together with an account of his last sickness and death. Compiled and prepared by Rev. DANIEL O. MORTON, A. M. pastor of a church in Shoreham, (Vt.)"

In conformity to the act of the Congress of the United States, entitled "An act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts, and books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies, during the times therein mentioned."

JESSE GOVE,

Clerk of the District of Vermont. A true capy of record, examined and sealed by

J. GOVE, Cler

RECOMMENDATIONS.

[From Rev. Dr. BATES, President of Middlebury College.]

"MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE, OCT. 1, 1823.

"Messrs. Smith & Shute-I am free to express a very favourable opinion of the "Memoir of the Rev. Levi Parsons," which you propose to publish. His elevated christian character; his successful labours as a domestick missionary; the interesting nature of the foreign mission, which closed his earthly pilgrimage; the very ample materials for a biography furnished by his diary and letters; and the intimate acquaintance of his biographer with almost every incident of his literary, religious, and missionary life; all conspire to raise the expectation that the work will be highly interesting and extensively useful. But, having read a part of it in manuscript, I can' recommend it with great confidence. The plan is judicious, and the execution such as to satisfy the raised expectations of the christian community.

"Yours, &c.

"JOSHUA BATES."

[From Rev. Dr. DAVIS, President of Hamilton College, (N. Y.)] "MIDDLEBURY, SEPT. 10, 1823.

"Rev. and Dear Sir-I have been much gratified in learning since I have been in this village that you are engaged in preparing for the press the life of that excellent and deeply lamented youth, Rev. Levi Parsons, late missionary to Judea. Such a work well executed cannot but subserve the interests of the blessed cause to which he had devoted himself, and in which he fell so early a victim. I am glad that this work is committed to your hands. The publick will expect much in the memoir of such a man. is better acquainted with his private and publick life than you are ;

No one

and if you can devote that attention to the subject which it merits, I have no doubt but their expectations will be answered.

"Rev. D. O. MORTON."

"Yours, &c.

"H. DAVIS.

[From F. HALL, Professor of Mathematicks and Natural Philosophy. Middlebury College.]

"The sentiments expressed by the Rev. Dr. Davis, in the above letter, perfectly coincide with my own. I heartily rejoice, Sir, to learn that the biography of that beloved, lamented missionary-that warm friend of God and of man-the Rev. Mr. Parsons, is to be prepared for the publick by a gentleman who is so able, and so fully acquainted with his character.

"F. HALL.

"Rev. D. O. MORTON."

[From Rev. Dr. GRIFFIN, President of Williams College.]

66 WILLIAMS COLLEGE, OCT. 16, 1823. "From the notices which I have received of the course and character of the excellent Parsons, I am much gratified to learn that a memoir of his life is to be published; and from a specimen of the manuscript which I have heard read, I am convinced that Mr. Morton is fitted to give a biographical sketch of no ordinary interest. I sincerely hope that the work will find a liberal patronage with the publick.

"E. D. GRIFFIN."