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Edward Franklin Williams papers, 1859-1918.
Collection
Identifier: MS4981
Abstract
Edward Franklin Williams was born in Uxbridge, Massachusetts on July 22, 1832. He graduated from Yale in 1856 after which he spent three years teaching in Connecticut and Massachusetts. He then went to the Princeton Theological Seminary where he graduated in 1861. He was licensed by the Presbytery of New Brunswick in 1861. When the Civil War broke out, Williams joined the Christian Commission where he distributed religious literature, medical aid, and various supplies to Union troops. The...
Dates:
1859-1918
Found in:
Congregational Library & Archives
Howard Conn papers, 1944-1986.
Collection
Identifier: MS0058
Abstract
Howard James Conn was born June 19, 1911 in Fresno California. He attended Fresno High School, followed by Fresno State College and Stanford University where he received is B.A. He studied philosophy at Harvard as a graduate student and then completed his B.D. at Yale University. He served as minister to a number of churches, with the majority of his time devoted to Plymouth Congregational Church in Minneapolis, where he served as Senior Minister from 1944-1976. During his career he held...
Dates:
1944-1986
Found in:
Congregational Library & Archives
John Marsh sermons, 1774-1776.
Collection
Identifier: MS5370
Abstract
John Marsh was born on November 2, 1742 in Haverhill, Massachusetts. He graduated from Harvard in 1761. On January 12, 1774 John Marsh was ordained as the minister of the First Church of Christ in Wethersfield, Connecticut, a position he kept until his death on September 13, 1821. This collection includes two manuscript sermons.
Dates:
1774-1776
Found in:
Congregational Library & Archives