TO THE

FIRST CONGREGATIONAL SOCIETY OF CINCINNATI,

AND

TO THE CIRCLE OF OUR FRIENDS,

THIS MEMOIR OF

JAMES H. PERKINS

IS DEDICATED, WITH AFFECTIONATE RESPECT,

BY

WILLIAM H. CHANNING.

SEPTEMBER 21, 1850.

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MEMOIR AND WRITINGS

OF

JAMES HANDASYD PERKINS.

EDITED BY

WILLIAM HENRY CHANNING.

IN TWO VOLUMES.

VOL. I.

BOSTON:

WM. CROSBY AND H. P. NICHOLS.

CINCINNATI:

TRUEMAN & SPOFFORD.

41 29417.11. (1)

HARVARD COLLEGE LIBRARY

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1850, by

STEPHEN H. PERKINS,

in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts.

MEMOIR AND WRITINGS

OF

JAMES HANDASYD PERKINS.

EDITED BY

WILLIAM HENRY CHANNING.

IN TWO VOLUMES.

VOL. I.

BOSTON:

WM. CROSBY AND H. P. NICHOLS.

CINCINNATI:

TRUEMAN & SPOFFORD.