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Stevens, Thomas. [Commonplace book], 1779-1781.

Title: [Commonplace book], 1779-1781.

Manuscript, in a single hand, of a collection of about 150 entries of verse, hymns, sermons, and religious anecdotes. Many of the hymns are by Stevens; others are by Isaac Watts and Phillis Wheatley. The manuscript also contains a funeral sermon on the interment of Miss Ann Williams; parting words from a parent to his dying daughter; an anecdote concerning James Hervey's admonition to a lady who loved the stage; another by Jonathan Edwards on his own wickedness; and other religious anecdotes by Timothy Rogers, Thomas Bradbury, George Whitefield, Abraham Booth, Philip Doddridge, Selina Hastings, countess of Huntingdon, John Milton, and James Thomson.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (176 p.) ; 29 x 18 cm.

https://orbis.library.yale.edu/vwebv/holdingsInfo?bibId=7040761 View

Christian, Joseph. Papers of the historical seminary, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, Ky., 1890-1891.

Title: Papers of the historical seminary, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, Ky., 1890-1891. 1890-1891.

ArchivalResource: [244] leaves, bound ; 38 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/41491917 View

Whitefield, George, 1714-1770. [Pamphlets by George Whitefield].

Title: [Pamphlets by George Whitefield].

ArchivalResource: v. 26 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/701758622 View

Whitefield, George, 1714-1770. Letter of George Whitefield, 1768.

Title: Letter of George Whitefield, 1768.

Letter to Rev. Mr. Reader, thanking Reader for copies of one of his sermons.

ArchivalResource: 1 folder (.1 cubic feet).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/31743434 View

Whitefield, George, 1714-1770. Autograph letter signed : London, to Captain Scot, 1767 Feb. 12.

Title: Autograph letter signed : London, to Captain Scot, 1767 Feb. 12.

On religious matters.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (3 p.) ; (8vo)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270587783 View

Elegiac poem, sacred to the memory of Rev. George Whitefield, 1770.

Title: Elegiac poem, sacred to the memory of Rev. George Whitefield, 1770.

Manuscript of "An elegiac poem, sacred to the memory of Rev. George Whitefield" published in Boston in 1770.

ArchivalResource: 1 folder.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/26964033 View

Breck, Samuel, 1771-1862. Samuel Breck papers, 1795-1862.

Title: Samuel Breck papers, 1795-1862.

Philanthropist, amateur artist and historian, diligent documentarian, Breck's worldly interests were truly vast and are well preserved. The materials in this collection represent a staggering amount of subject interests and a near-lifetime's worth of documentation, though Breck devoted the bulk of his attention to American and European history and politics, philanthropy, and literature. This collection spans the period of 1795 to 1862 and takes the form of diaries, travel logs, manuscripts, lecture transcripts, notes, and graphics.

ArchivalResource: 23 v., 1 box (3 linear ft.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/62096249 View

Church history documents collection.

Title: Church history documents collection.

Contains primarily transcripts and photocopies of record books, journals, minutes, and other documents from early frontier churches. Also includes diaries, correspondence, notebooks, sermons, and miscellaneous notes of individuals important in frontier religious history. Original material includes papers relating to Benjamin Lakin and Edwin Clark's correspondence. Most of the material relates to activity in Ohio, Kentucky, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, and several of the original thirteen colonies. Well-known names represented include Stephen Peet, Joshua Lacy Wilson, Wilhelm Loehe, and George Whitefield. The documents were collected under the auspices of the Church History Research Fund and in conjunction with the writing of William Warren Sweet's four-volume Religion on the American Frontier.

ArchivalResource: 7.5 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/52246124 View

Colman, Benjamin, 1673-1747. Letters to Benjamin Colman, 1693-1747.

Title: Letters to Benjamin Colman, 1693-1747.

Letters to Rev. Benjamin Colman, Congregationalist and first minister of the Brattle Street Church in Boston, Mass. (also known as the Church in Brattle Square), including letters of thanks, letters asking for advice and assistance, and correspondence about theological issues and church matters, such as Dissenters and Separatists. The collection contains a letter from Calvin Galpine about politics in England and church controversies, 1719; a letter from Samuel Cooper accepting the appointment as Colman's successor at Brattle Street Church, 1745; and letters from London publisher and bookseller John Oswald about various religious publications, the preaching of George Whitefield, the capture of Cape Breton in Nova Scotia during King George's War, the victory of the Duke of Cumberland at the Battle of Culloden, and other matters. Additional correspondents include Joseph Park, Gov. William Shirley, William Shurtleff, William Smith, Henry Winder, and Timothy Woodbridge.

ArchivalResource: 1 narrow box.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/670116638 View

Breck, Samuel, 1771-1862. Manuscript, 1850.

Title: Manuscript, 1850.

Breck's lecture, "Whitefield and his Times," read by him before the Historical Society of Pennsylvania.

ArchivalResource: 1 v.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122589886 View