Bliss, Daniel, 1715-1764

Minister of the First Parish in Concord, Mass., from 1739 to 1764. Graduated from Yale in 1732. A New Light Congregationalist, Bliss twice welcomed English evangelist George Whitefield to Concord. There was dissension in the First Parish during the ministry of Bliss, a group of parishioners breaking off to worship separately at the Black Horse Tavern.

From the description of Daniel Bliss sermons : holograph, 1748-1754. (Concord Public Library). WorldCat record id: 33193311