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| Title: | Sermon Collection |
| Inclusive Dates: | 1782-1864 |
| Quantity: | 1 folder (SC) |
| Abstract: | Handwritten sermons (26) by an unknown clergyman, traveling between the towns of Haddam, East Haddam, and Hadlyme, all situated on the Connecticut River in Middlesex County, Connecticut. Given the eighty-year date span, the sermons may be from more than one author. |
| Language: | English |
| Repository: |
Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Library 222 Waverly Avenue Syracuse, NY 13244-2010 http://scrc.syr.edu |
Nothing is known of the author(s) of these sermons, other than that he was a clergyman, probably a circuit preacher, traveling between the towns of Haddam, East Haddam, and Hadlyme, all situated on the Connecticut River in Middlesex County, Connecticut. Given the eighty-year date span, the sermons are likely from more than one author, though the differences in handwriting are not so extreme as to clearly indicate two authors.
The Sermon Collection consists of 26 handwritten sermons. Some of the sermons bear two dates, suggesting they were used more than once on the circuit. The author(s) on occasion have also indicated weather conditions and the size of the congregation. Following is a list of the sermons in date order, giving date, text, and number of pages.
• 1782 Nov 17, Titus 3:5-6, 8 pp.• 1787 Aug 26-30, Ephes. 4:5, 16 pp.• 1791 Nov (no date), James 3:17, 16 pp.• 1794 Apr 6 and again in 1829, Tim. 3:12, 16 pp. plus 3 scraps• 1796 Jul 17, Acts 17:11, 16 pp.• 1803 Mar 23, 1st Cor. 15:56-57, 16 pp.• 1804 Feb 19 and 1804 Apr 14, 2nd Cor. 11:3, 23 pp.• 1804 Mar 8, Heb. 10:32-33, 24 pp.• 1805 Sep 29, Rom. 8-9, 8 pp.• 1807 Jan 11, John 11:24-25, 16 pp.• 1814 Oct 11, Luke 19:10, 8 pp.• 1816 Nov 24, Heb 12:14, 20 pp.• 1817 Jun 1 and 1825 Mar 4, 1st Cor. 10:21, 24 pp. (poor condition)• 1819 Nov 5, Joshua 5:14-15, 16 pp.• 1819 Nov 18, Job 9:12, 21 pp.• 1822[?] Apr 20, Zech. 14:6-7, 16 pp.• 1822 Dec 29, Gen 4:16, 20 pp.• 1828 Sep 21, Matt. 13:45-46, 16 pp.• 1829 Oct 18, John 5:39, 16 pp.• 1831 Feb 20, Psalms 73:25, 20 pp.• 1832 Apr 1, Rom. 8:19, 36 pp.• 1864 Feb 25, [?] 59:19, 20 pp.• no date, 1st Tim. 3:16, 20 pp.• no date, Rev. 21:7, 8 pp.• no date, no text, 4 pp.
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See also the following:
William N. Fanton Sermons
Tristan Gilman Sermons
Gyles Merrill Sermons
Preferred citation for this material is as follows:
Sermon Collection,
Special Collections Research Center,
Syracuse University Library
Unspecified, 1969.
Created by: MRC
Date: circa 1970
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