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Clergy -- Correspondence.

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 33 Collections and/or Records:

Granville, Mass. Granville Federated Church records, 1754-1941.

 Collection
Identifier: RG5235
Abstract The First Church of Christ in Granville was gathered in 1744, and Moses Tuttle was ordained as the first minister in 1747. The first meeting house was constructed during Tuttle’s ministry. Timothy Mather Cooley, a Granville native, was called to become the minister of the First Church of Christ in 1795 and he served as the pastor for 63 years. In 1937, the First Church of Christ and the Baptist Church in Granville decided to share a building and merge to form the Granville Federated Church....
Dates: 1754-1941

Henry Fowler journal, 1838-1842. : [manuscript]

 Collection
Identifier: MS0876
Scope and Contents

Collection consists of one (1) handwritten diary dating 1838-1842. Collection is in good collection and has been housed in an acid free folder.

Diary describes the life and thoughts of Henry Fowler, a young scholar at Williams College. Diary includes discussion of family life, entrance to college, revivals at Williams, and other religious meetings.

Dates: 1838-1839, 1842

Isaac Watts and Mrs. Sewall correspondence, 1728.

 Collection
Identifier: MS0995
Abstract

Isaac Watts was born on July 17, 1674. Watts attended the Dissenting Academy in Stoke Newington due to his nonconformist beliefs. Watts was called to be a pastor at the independent chapel, Mark Lane Congregational Chapel, in London. Watts wrote many hundreds of hymns during his life, as well as works on theology and logic. He died on November 25, 1748. This collection contains a single letter written by Isaac Watts to a Mrs. Sewell on the occasion of the death of her infant.

Dates: 1728

Jonathan Edwards and Joseph Bellamy correspondence, 1757.

 Collection
Identifier: MS4862
Abstract Rev. Jonathan Edwards (1703-1758) was born in East Windsor, Connecticut on October 5, 1703. He became pastor in Northampton, Massachusetts in 1726. Jonathan Edwards was an influential revivalist minister and Stockbridge experienced a major revival between 1733 and 1734. Joseph Bellamy was one of Johnathan Edward’s protégés and learned theology from Edwards in Northampton before his ordination in 1740 as pastor of the Congregational Church in Bethlehem, Connecticut. Joseph Bellamy remained...
Dates: 1757