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Thomas Daniel Cowdell

Short Name: Thomas Daniel Cowdell
Full Name: Cowdell, Thomas Daniel

Thomas Daniel Cowdell was born in London. He emigrated to Halifax in 1789 where he opened a dry goods store anwas a lay preacher in the Methodist Church. "An Indian Hymn" appeared in the 1811 edition of his book The Nova Scotia minstrel. It was reprinted in an 1814 edition of The Youth's Magazine and then in dozens of publications in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

Dianne Shapiro, from Carpe Librum Books (https://www.carpelibrumbooks.com/not-william-apess-hymn-the-indians-prayer-ca-1835) (accessed 10/3/2022)


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