Introduction

Biography

On his fa­ther’s side, Ban­vard des­cend­ed from French Hu­gue­nots, and on his mo­ther’s side from the ear­ly set­tlers of New Eng­land. His par­ents were mem­bers of the Mo­ra­vi­an church.

At one time Ban­vard was pas­tor of the Har­vard Street Bap­tist Church in Bos­ton, Mas­sa­chu­setts.

Works

• A To­pic­al Quest­ion Book on Sub­jects Con­nect­ed with the Plan of Sal­va­tion (Bos­ton, Mas­sa­chu­setts: New Eng­land Sab­bath School Un­ion, 1841)
• A Prac­ti­cal Quest­ion Book on the Va­ri­ous Du­ties Which We Owe to God and to Each Oth­er (Bos­ton: New Eng­land Sab­bath School Un­ion, 1845)
• Wonderful Sto­ries About Lit­tle Things (Sa­lem, Mas­sa­chu­setts: J. P. Jew­ett, 1846)
• Wonders of the Deep (Sa­lem: J. P. Jew­ett, 1846)
• The Christ­ian Me­lo­dist (Bos­ton: John Put­nam, 1849)
• Eulogy on the Life, Char­ac­ter, and Pub­lic Ser­vic­es of the Late ex-Pre­si­dent Polk (Bos­ton, J. H. East­burn, ci­ty print­er, 1849)
• Plymouth and the Pil­grims (Bos­ton: Gould & Lin­coln, 1851)
• Romance of Am­eri­can His­to­ry (Bos­ton: Gould & Lin­coln, 1852)
• Novelties of the New World (Bos­ton, Gould & Lin­coln, 1852)
• Priscilla, or, Trials for the Truth (Bos­ton: Heath & Graves, 1854)
• Wisdom, Wit and Whims of Dis­ting­uished An­cient Phi­lo­so­phers (New York: Shel­don, Lam­port & Blake­man, 1855)
• Tragic Scenes in the His­to­ry of Ma­ry­land and the Old French War (Bos­ton: Gould & Lin­coln, 1856)
• Revival Gems (Bos­ton: John F. Jew­ett, 1858)
• A Guide to Pro­vi­dence Riv­er and Nar­ra­gan­sett Bay (Pro­vi­dence, Rhode Is­land: Cog­ges­hall & Stew­art, 1858)
• A Me­mor­ial Ser­mon of Rev. Job Bor­den Boom­er (Bos­ton: Press of George C. Rand & Av­ery, 1865)
• Southern Ex­plor­ers and Co­lo­nists (Bos­ton, D. Lo­throp, 1875)
• Daniel Web­ster: His Life and Pub­lic Ser­vic­es (Bos­ton: D. Lo­throp, 1875)
• Soldiers and Pa­tri­ots of the Am­eri­can Re­vo­lu­tion (Bos­ton: D. Lo­throp, 1876)
• First Ex­plor­ers of North Am­eri­ca (Chi­ca­go, Il­li­nois: In­ter­state Pub­lish­ing, 1886)
• Pioneers of the New World and the Old French War (Bos­ton: D. Lo­throp, cir­ca 1880)