Papers, 1789-1802.

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Papers, 1789-1802.

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Octavo volume 1 is an envelope containing four sermons preached by Rev. Justus Mitchell, and dated 1789, 1791, and April 20 and July 19, 1795. Octavo volume 2 is a volume of 352 pages, approximately 100 pages of which are blank. It contains notes made by Minott Mitchell in 1802 on student disputations at Yale moderated by the college's president, Timothy Dwight (1752-1817). Topics of these disputations include "Is man totally depraved?" "Do springs originate from sea or vapors?" "Ought the liberty of the press to be restrained?" and "Ought slaves to be immediately emancipated?" There are also a few miscellaneous notes, including two pages of notes on legal topics.

2 v. ; octavo.

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Dwight, Timothy, 1752-1817

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Congregational clergyman and president of Yale; b. in Northampton, Mass. From the description of Deed, 1796. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70976415 Timothy Dwight was born on May 14, 1752 in Northampton, Massachusetts. He graduated from Yale College in 1769 (B.A.) and 1772 (M.A.). He served Yale as tutor (1771-1777), Livingston Professor of Divinity (1795-1817), and President (1795-1817). He died on January 11, 1817 in New Haven, Connecticut. From the desc...

Mitchell, Justus, 1754-1806

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Yale University.

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Mitchell family.

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Rev. Justus Mitchell (1754-1806) was born in Woodbury, Conn. He received an A.B. from Yale College in 1776 and was settled as pastor of the Congregational church in Canaan (now New Canaan), Conn. in 1782. In 1779 he married Martha Sherman and they had four children. One of their sons was Minott Mitchell (1784-1862), who received an A.B. from Yale in 1803. He became an attorney and practiced law in White Plains, N.Y. From the description of Papers, 1789-1802. (American Antiquarian Soc...

Mitchell, Minott, 1784-1862

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