Compare Constellations

Griffin, Edward Dorr, 1770-1837. Self Examination written by Dr. E.D. Griffin to a young lady, undated.

Title: Self Examination written by Dr. E.D. Griffin to a young lady, undated.

Thoughts on self-examination written by a Connecticut-born clergyman, educator, and revivalist. Griffin graduated from Yale in 1790 and received his doctorate in 1808 from Union College. He was minister at New Salem and New Hartford, Connecticut, as well as at Boston's Park Street Church. This document, ostensibly written as a letter to a young lady, whom someone has identified as Catharine Skinner, includes "Rules and Questions for daily self-examination."

ArchivalResource: 1 item (4 pages).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/682887862 View

Griffin, Edward Dorr, 1770-1837. [Sermon on Mark 2:17].

Title: [Sermon on Mark 2:17]. [14 December 1799]

ArchivalResource: 7 leaves, unbound : paper ; 198 x 162 mm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/83629243 View

First Congregational Church (Williamstown, Mass.). Records, 1779-1961.

Title: Records, 1779-1961.

The collection contains such records as church minutes, financial accounts, correspondence, marriage records, church publications, handbooks, reports and directories, membership lists, sermons and discourses. Included are Mason Noble's centennial discourse, a record of psalms learned by Laura Seymour, a piece of the church bell recovered from the 1866 fire, and a manual from the Church of Christ in the White Oaks led by Albert Hopkins.

ArchivalResource: 2 linear ft. (4 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/39783345 View

Gay, Julius. Julius Gay collection of Farmington documents, 1651-1838.

Title: Julius Gay collection of Farmington documents, 1651-1838.

Assorted records relating to Farmington, Connecticut, collected by Julius Gay. Originally bound in two volumes, the documents have been removed but have been numbered by volume and page and kept in that order. Many of the documents relate to the Revolutionary War, particularly correspondence between Fenn and Amos Wadsworth, returns of soldiers, muster rolls, list of ammunition stores in Farmington, and a subscription to send relief to the siege of Boston, 1774. A 1776 document relates to prisoner Levi Wells. There are also deeds, birth, marriage and death records, estate inventories and probate records. The bulk of the latter relate to the estates of William Lewis Sr. and Jr. and the Lewis family. Also of interest are documents about building a meeting house, 1772, a bill of sale for a Negro girl names Candace, town meeting records, letters and minutes of the First Society, at least two of which relate to the ministry of Edward Dorr Griffin. Correspondence covers a wide range of dates and topics, the most prolific correspondents being John Mix, Sally Mix, Horace Cowles, Seth Norton, David Catlin, Thomas Mather, and Reuben Norton. Several documents relate to a sealing voyage by the Ship Huron in 1803-1806. Broadsides are also included in the collection.

ArchivalResource: 0.25 linear foot (1/2 box).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/682887865 View

Wilkinson, Watts. Letters [manuscript].

Title: Letters [manuscript]. 1786-1791.

Three letters to the Rev. Edward Griffin from Wilkinson which contain references to the appointment and work of Richard Johnson, (1753-1827) the first clergyman in Australia and Chaplain to NSW from 1786.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (6 p.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/225710825 View

Black, Joseph. Joseph Black papers, 1762-1873.

Title: Joseph Black papers, 1762-1873.

This collection contains volumes of transcripts of orations, sermons, poems, and notes, covering the years 1762 to 1873, copied by Joseph Black from the years 1870 to 1877. The volumes contain the writings of Rev. Hooper Cumming, Rev. Edward D. Griffin, Rev. Alexander MacWhorter, and Rev. John McDowell.

ArchivalResource: 0.13 linear feet (4 v.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/53228586 View

Griffin, Edward Dorr, 1770-1837. [Publications, 1805-28]

Title: [Publications, 1805-28]

ArchivalResource: v. 24 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/43646889 View

Evarts family papers, 1753-1960 (bulk 1798-1901)

Title: Evarts family papers 1753-1960

The papers consist of correspondence, writings, legal and financial material, congressional papers, family memorabilia, and other papers of various members of the Evarts family of Vermont, Boston, and New York. The principal figures, however, are Jeremiah Evarts (1781-1831), author, editor, lawyer, and philanthropist, and his son, William Maxwell Evarts (1818-1901), lawyer and statesman. The papers of Jeremiah Evarts relate to his work and writings on Congregational orthodoxy, his travels for the American Board of Foreign Missions, and his efforts on behalf of American Indians. His correspondents include family members, fellow members of the Yale Class of 1802, and many well-known clergymen, lawyers, statesmen, and missionaries.

ArchivalResource: 24.25 linear feet

http://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/mssa.ms.0200 View

Evarts family papers, 1753-1960 (bulk 1798-1901)

Title: Evarts family papers 1753-1960

The papers consist of correspondence, writings, legal and financial material, congressional papers, family memorabilia, and other papers of various members of the Evarts family of Vermont, Boston, and New York. The principal figures, however, are Jeremiah Evarts (1781-1831), author, editor, lawyer, and philanthropist, and his son, William Maxwell Evarts (1818-1901), lawyer and statesman. The papers of Jeremiah Evarts relate to his work and writings on Congregational orthodoxy, his travels for the American Board of Foreign Missions, and his efforts on behalf of American Indians. His correspondents include family members, fellow members of the Yale Class of 1802, and many well-known clergymen, lawyers, statesmen, and missionaries.

ArchivalResource: 24.25 linear feet

http://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/mssa.ms.0200 View

Griffin family and Lydia Sigourney papers 1807-1885 Griffin family and Sigourney papers

Title: Griffin family and Lydia Sigourney papers 1807-1885 Griffin family and Sigourney papers

The collection consists of correspondence related to the Griffin family of New York City and includes 58 letters that George Griffin and his family exchanged between 1833 and 1854 with author Lydia H. Sigourney of Hartford, Connecticut. Additional material includes correspondence among members of the Griffin family that provides commentary on family life, two extended trips to Europe, Protestant theology, and higher education. The final series in the collection is a 3-page manuscript copy of Sigourney's poem on the death of American poet John Trumbull.

ArchivalResource: 0.75 linear feet

http://quod.lib.umich.edu/c/clementsead/umich-wcl-M-1887gri?rgn=main;view=text View