Charpentier

1750 · 445584 — Boston 1750. Softcover. Very Good. String-tied composition book. 46pp. Very good with toning and edgewear.<br /> <br /> A composition book by John Carpenter in Boston around 1750 hand-titled “Mr. John Carpenter’s Composition Book.†The book includes poetry essays and short stories handwritten by Carpenter over 46 pages with some small illustrations. He begins his writings with a poem entitled “Death A Poem†writing “Death enters with his sickle It withered in an hour God the author of it all The rich and poor great and small.†Carpenter writes thoughts on the Bible Christianity free will and one entitled “Happiness of Man†where he muses on the question of “what is happiness†One interesting page is titled “Woman†which relays the story of original sin in the Garden of Eden which reads “now we find them both plagued in deep sorror and shame and notwithstanding woman the weaker and first in transgression she is also first to return to the God she has forsaken.†He finishes his book with a drawing of a dove and a poem titled “Dove of Noah.â€<br /> <br /> A nice composition book from the 1700s including a Boston man’s views on religion. unknown