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Memoirs of William Ward, Baptist Missionary to India

ByRob

Today’s free book is the second edition of William Ward’s Memoirs. This public domain title was digitised using the copy held in Spurgeon’s College library.

William Ward [1769-1823], Memoirs of the Life of the Rev William Ward, Late Baptist Missionary in India; containing a few of his Early Poetical Productions and a Monody of his Memory, by Samuel Bennett, 2nd. edn. London: J. Haddon, 1825. Hbk. pp.280. [Click ere to visit the download page for this title]

Contents

  • Preface
  • Memoirs of William Ward
  • Appendix, Containing Several of Mr. Ward’s Poetical Effusions and a Monody to His Memory

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