Papers II, 1700-1784.

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Papers II, 1700-1784.

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Papers of Nicholas Gilman include an essay by Benjamin Colman and others in response to Increase Mather's "Gospel Order"; notes on some Nathaniel Gookin sermons (1725-36); a 1741 list of books lent; and assorted letters. Among the correspondence is a letter from John Seccombe, a letter to Colonel Robert Hale reporting on troops during King George's War, and a letter from his son Tristram Gilman to his wife Mary Gilman.

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Gilman, Mary Thing, 1713-1789.

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Gookin, Nathaniel, 1687-1734

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Seccombe, John, 1708-1792

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Gilman, Nicholas, 1708-1748.

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Nicholas Gilman was born in Exeter, New Hampshire on January 18, 1707/8. He graduated from Harvard in the Class of 1724, and went on to receive an AM in 1727. After graduation, Gilman taught school and acted as a substitute for area ministers in New Hampshire. On March 3, 1741/2, he was ordained in Durham, New Hampshire, where he gained notoriety as a New-Lights revivalist. Poor health plagued Gilman throughout his life, and he died on April 12, 1748. From the guide to the Triennial ...

Colman, Benjamin, 1673-1747

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Colman received his A.B. degree from Harvard in 1692. From the description of Sermons : manuscript, 1709. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612882178 Benjamin Colman (1673-1747) was born in Boston on October 19, 1673. He received an A.B. from Harvard College in 1692 and an A.M. in 1695. Soon after graduation he departed on a ship for London. The ship was taken over by a French privateer, who held the passengers captive before exchanging them once on land...

Mather, Increase, 1639-1723

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"Increase Mather, the youngest son of the Reverend Richard Mather of Dorchester, and the father of Cotton Mather, has been described as the 'foremost American Puritan' of his generation. Teacher of the Second Church of Boston for more than fifty years, President of Harvard College from 1685 to 1701, agent for Massachusetts Bay in England to request the return of the Charter, and the author of approximately 175 books, pamphlets, prefaces and printed sermons, Mather was intimately involved in poli...

Hale, Robert, 1703-1767.

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Colonel Robert Hale (1702/03-1767) was the son of Robert (1668-1718/19) and Elizabeth Clark Hale. He graduated from Harvard College in 1721, studied medicine with Joseph Manning of Ipswich, Mass., and was one of the most important citizens of Beverly, Mass. From the description of Papers, 1717-1741. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 207141094 ...

Gilman, Tristram, 1735-1809

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Tristram Gilman (1735-1809) was the pastor of the First Congregational Church of North Yarmouth, Maine, from 1769-1807. A native of New Hampshire and a graduate of Harvard College in 1757, Gilman is noted for religious revivals instituted in 1791 which resulted in a wave of religious interest throughout New England. From the guide to the Tristram Gilman Sermons., 1768-1807, (Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries) Congregational clergyman, of Nort...