Books by James Thacher (1754 - 1844).

James Thacher was an American physician and writer.  From 1775 to 1783 he was a surgeon in the Revolution, in the Massachusetts 16th Regiment. Afterward, he practiced in Plymouth, Mass. until his death. He was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1803. Thacher was stationed at West Point in 1780 and supported the execution by George Washington of the British spy John André.

An essay on demonology, ghosts and apparitions, and popular superstitions by Thacher James (1831)

The American orchardist; or, A practical treatise on the culture and management of apple and other fruit trees, with observations on the diseases to which they are liable, and their remedies by Thacher James (1825)

History of the town of Plymouth, from its first settlement in 1620, to the present time by Thacher James (1835)