Introduction

Biography

A Bap­tist min­is­ter, Le­land be­gan preach­ing at age 20. From 1776–90, he was in Vir­gin­ia, and there­af­ter in Mas­sa­chu­setts, most­ly at Che­shire.

Works

• Sermons, Ad­dress­es, Es­says and Au­to­bio­gra­phy (Lanes­bo­ro, Mas­sa­chu­setts, 1845) (pub­lished post­hu­mous­ly by his niece, Mrs. L. F. Greene)