Books by and belonging to Peter Nead, 1796 - 1877. 

BC2010/51a: "Theological Writings on Various Subjects (1850),"  by Peter Nead.

BC2010/51b: Book of writings about Peace, given by Russell R. Lambert, Dayton, Ohio, 1944, the great grandson of Peter Nead.  Written in the book is "This Book is the Property of Peter Nead."

BC2010/51c:  "Peter Nead's Book" written on interior along with another inscription, "Given by Russell R. Lambert, R.I. Dayton, Ohio. On the very back page are the words, "Peter Nead's Book of Universalism."  The book title is, "Notes on the Parables of the New Testament, by  Hosea Ballou, Pastor of the Universalist Church and Society in Portsmouth, N.H.....,"1812."

Peter Nead was a German Baptist elder and author. He was the primary spokesperson for the style of life, the simplicity of doctrine, and the general world view of the German Baptist Brethren which prevailed from the Revolutionary War until about 1850. Aspects of Nead's theology and philosophy have been continued into modern times by the Old German Baptist Brethren. (information from the Brethren Encyclopedia, pg. 918)

Regarding "Theological Writings on Various Subjects (1850)", or sometimes called, Nead's Theology:  In 1848 Peter and his wife, Elizabeth Yount Nead, moved near Dayton, Ohio, where they served the Lower Stillwater congregation.  Here Nead revised former writings, adding new material, and published several of them in a collection titled. The book was 472 pages in length.  Our copy has 460 pages, the last several pagesbeing torn out. (information from the Brethren Encyclopedia, pg. 919)

Peter Nead became a steady contributor to the pages of "The Vindicator." This periodical was begun in 1870 by Samual Kinsey, Nead's son-in-law, and continues today in 2010.