Papers of Samuel Hopkins, 1740-1800 (bulk 1744-1756).

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Papers of Samuel Hopkins, 1740-1800 (bulk 1744-1756).

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Drafts of and notes for sermons, chiefly covering 1744-1756, with a few items that were written in 1796-1800. Also included is his commonplace book composed in the early 1740s.

42 pieces.1 box.

Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens

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Hopkins, Samuel, 1721-1803

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Author and clergyman. From the description of Letter of Samuel Hopkins, 1759. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79450325 Samuel Hopkins, American clergyman and theologian, founder of Hopkinsianism. He graduated from Yale in 1741, and afterwards studied with Jonathan Edwards for two years. Afterwards Hopkins settled at Housatonic (later Great Barrington). In 1769, the privation of his congregation and an opposition to his intransigent doctrine led to his dismissal. He then accep...