Josiah Brewer: A Residence at Constantinople, in the Year 1827: With Notes to the Present Time. New Haven 1830 First edition, in 8vo,contemporary full leather, some spotting throughout,complete,the folding view of Constantinople with tear on a fold and somehow foxed,overall in very good condition This account describe the first major American missionary perspective on the Ottoman Empire and the newly born Greek state.A strongly Philhellenic work. Josiah Brewer was sent to the Mediterranean by the Greek Committee of New Haven,his primary mission was education and social reform. He arrived during the height of the Greek Revolution, a time when American Philhellenism was at its peak. Brewer was in the region during 1827 and provide a rare civilian and American perspective on the tensions in Constantinople and the reactions of the Ottoman government to the destruction of their fleet.He was instrumental in establishing schools for Greek girls. His book contains detailed observations on the state of literacy and the status of women in both Greek and Turkish societies. As a missionary, Brewer took a deep interest in the various ethnic quarters of Constantinople. His descriptions of the Greek, Jewish and Armenian populations are often cited by historians for their detail on 19th-century urban life.It was unusually published in New Haven, but the city was a hub of Greek Philhellenism and missionary activity, as well a Yale-based scholarship. It helped galvanize American support for the Greek Cause.