Diary. 1834 Feb. 7-Dec. 16.

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Diary. 1834 Feb. 7-Dec. 16.

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In this holograph volume, McLain describes his pastoral work in small towns in New Haven Co., Conn.; his trip by steamboat and stage coach to see his dying father in Champaign Co., Ohio; his trip back to New York, stopping at Miami University and Lane Theological Seminary, and briefly at Washington, D.C.; his trip by steamboat from New York to New Orleans; and his pastoral work in New Orleans with mention of the controversy surrounding the pastorate of Joel Parker. Laid in the back of the volume are a 15 page ms. sermon and a 4-page pamphlet condemning ladies' corsets.

1 v. ; 21 cm.

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