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Box NEHH-Small 1

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Contains 49 Results:

Corey, Hannah, 1749

 Item — Box: NEHH-Small 1, Folder: 14, Item: 4
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection includes a series of personal records relating to the formation of the Separatist Church in Sturbridge, Massachusetts. The records dated 1749 are formal letters written by some of the separatists to the Congregational Church formally providing written testimony for their reasons for leaving the church. The two documents created after 1749 were written by separatists who, after separation, wished to rejoin the Congregational Church. Those documents are akin to confessions...
Dates: 1749

Marten, Sarah, 1749

 Item — Box: NEHH-Small 1, Folder: 14, Item: 6
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection includes a series of personal records relating to the formation of the Separatist Church in Sturbridge, Massachusetts. The records dated 1749 are formal letters written by some of the separatists to the Congregational Church formally providing written testimony for their reasons for leaving the church. The two documents created after 1749 were written by separatists who, after separation, wished to rejoin the Congregational Church. Those documents are akin to confessions...
Dates: 1749

Morse, David, 1749

 Item — Box: NEHH-Small 1, Folder: 14, Item: 7
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection includes a series of personal records relating to the formation of the Separatist Church in Sturbridge, Massachusetts. The records dated 1749 are formal letters written by some of the separatists to the Congregational Church formally providing written testimony for their reasons for leaving the church. The two documents created after 1749 were written by separatists who, after separation, wished to rejoin the Congregational Church. Those documents are akin to confessions...
Dates: 1749

Perry, Johnathan, 1749

 Item — Box: NEHH-Small 1, Folder: 14, Item: 8-9
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection includes a series of personal records relating to the formation of the Separatist Church in Sturbridge, Massachusetts. The records dated 1749 are formal letters written by some of the separatists to the Congregational Church formally providing written testimony for their reasons for leaving the church. The two documents created after 1749 were written by separatists who, after separation, wished to rejoin the Congregational Church. Those documents are akin to confessions...
Dates: 1749

Ward, Naomi, 1762

 Item — Box: NEHH-Small 1, Folder: 14, Item: 10
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection includes a series of personal records relating to the formation of the Separatist Church in Sturbridge, Massachusetts. The records dated 1749 are formal letters written by some of the separatists to the Congregational Church formally providing written testimony for their reasons for leaving the church. The two documents created after 1749 were written by separatists who, after separation, wished to rejoin the Congregational Church. Those documents are akin to confessions...
Dates: 1762

Wood, Sarah, 1755

 Item — Box: NEHH-Small 1, Folder: 14, Item: 11
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection includes a series of personal records relating to the formation of the Separatist Church in Sturbridge, Massachusetts. The records dated 1749 are formal letters written by some of the separatists to the Congregational Church formally providing written testimony for their reasons for leaving the church. The two documents created after 1749 were written by separatists who, after separation, wished to rejoin the Congregational Church. Those documents are akin to confessions...
Dates: 1755

Covenant, 1709

 File — Box: NEHH-Small 1, Folder: 15
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This collection contains a manuscript copy of the 1709 version of the covenant of the West Precinct Church in Watertown, Massachusetts.

Dates: 1709

Commonplace book, 1723

 File — Box: NEHH-Small 1, Folder: 16
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection contain a commonplace book that was created during Thomas Weld’s time at Harvard University. The front half of the book contains notes on various subjects and topics, mostly of a religious nature. The back half is a small glossary of terms in alphabetical order. Of note is that different handwriting appears in the latter half of the book; it is presumed that the first half is written in Weld’s handwriting. It is unknown who else may have written in this book. Most of the text...
Dates: 1723

Sermons, circa 1754-1781

 File — Box: NEHH-Small 1, Folder: 25
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection contains two booklets of sermon notes and scriptural references for sermons preached by Bidwell at Tyringham, Massachusetts. Sermons are dated with multiple years, most likely indicating that many sermons were preached multiple times. In some cases, it is difficult to infer the original date of creation versus a date of re-use. The booklets contain notes on their covers with dates and locational information, though it is difficult to determine if this is original or added at...
Dates: circa 1754-1781

Church book, 1720-1806

 Item — Box: NEHH-Small 1, Folder: 24
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This collection consists of a single record book. The records in this volume were kept by the church's first minister, Rev. Daniel Putnam, and his successor, Rev. Eliab Stone. Included are vital records of membership, baptisms, marriages, and disciplinary matters, as well as meeting minutes and the church's covenants from 1720 and 1781.

Dates: 1720-1806