An Elaborate History and Genealogy of the Ballous in America

The record of the remarkable family that gave American Universalism more leaders than any other: Hosea Ballou the theologian, Hosea Ballou 2d the historian and college president, and Adin himself, among many others, all descend from the Rhode Island Ballous chronicled here. Compiled by Adin in his last decade with characteristic thoroughness — nearly nine hundred pages of family history that double as a cross-section of New England's religious and social life.

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