Poetical sketches, on various solemn subjects

Deacon Nathaniel Harmon was possessed of ardent and active piety. He devoted himself for some years to visiting house to house as a modern colporteur,* selling and giving away small printed collections of verse, of which he, himself, was the author. A portion of this collection has been preserved. It is 32mo size, and bears the following title: Poetical Sketches on Various Solemn Subjects: composed by Deacon Nathaniel Harmon, late of Bennington, of pious memory: written a short time before his death. (from Memorials of a Century) *Colporteur definition is - a peddler of religious books.