Papers, 1720; 1796-1813.

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Papers, 1720; 1796-1813.

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This collection contains a journal for the period 1796 to 1798, during which Bemis attended Dartmouth and taught school during recesses. The journal contains many notes on books read by Bemis as a student, as well as notes on sermons he heard. Most of the material in this journal is religious. There are also 42 sermons delivered by Bemis from 1799 to 1813, in various churches in central Massachusetts. There are also three public confessions, one dated 1720, of women requesting mercy before God and their congregations for various transgressions, including drunkenness.

1 v. (186 p.) ; octavo.1 folder (47 items) ; octavo.

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Bemis, Stephen, 1774-1828

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Stephen Bemis (1774-1828) was born in Westminster, Mass., and graduated from Dartmouth College in 1798. He served as a tutor at Dartmouth from 1799 to 1800, before studying divinity with Joseph Lathrop of West Springfield. He was ordained minister of the Congregational Church in Harvard, Mass., in 1801. He was dismissed by the congregation in 1813. He died in Harvard in 1828. From the description of Papers, 1720; 1796-1813. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 207114559 ...

Dartmouth College

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The celebration of the 150th anniversary of the decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in the Dartmouth College Case was held on April 9, 1969, in the Court of Claims, Washington, D.C.; the celebration also commemorated the career of Daniel Webster, the advocate who defended the case before the Supreme Court. During the ceremony Justice Earl Warren, Senator Thomas J. MacIntyre, and Dartmouth College President John Sloan Dickey spoke before an audience of legislators, jurists, historians, and alumni....