Diary, 1779-1787.

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Diary, 1779-1787.

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These two volumes contain essays on religious themes and a brief autobiographical preface (written n 1779); but generally they record Brownell's travels throughout southeastern New England. There is a careful log of meetings conducted in various communities, a record of where meals were taken and where shelter for the evening secured. Initially a member of the retinue of Jemima Wilkinson, Brownell began to travel and preach on his own, even teaching school. He settled in Dartmouth, Mass., in 1785. The diary is sketchy after 1784, and there is no information pertaining to the balance of Brownell's long life.

2 v. ; octavo.

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