Diary, 1765.

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Diary, 1765.

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This item is a photocopy of Mather Byles diary for 1765. The diary is interleaved in Nathaniel Ames'An Astronomical Diary ... 1765 ... (New-London, [1764]) and contains brief, intermittent entries that refer to visits, prayer sessions with the Connecticut General Court, church Society Meetings, pulpit exchanges, funerals, and public fasts protesting the Stamp Act. There are also various accounts, such as the value of his property and his income, and a list of "presents" given him by his parishioners. The list includes specific food items, articles of clothing, and cords of wood. The diary also contains a record of scriptures used as the basis of his sermons for the entire year, Byles' income from marriages performed, and a record of wages paid to his servants.

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Byles, Mather, 1735-1814

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Mather Byles (1735-1814), Episcopal clergyman and Loyalist, was born in Boston, Mass., on 12 January 1735, the son of Mather Byles (1707-1788) and the great-grandson of Increase Mather (1639-1723). He graduated from Harvard in 1751 and settled as minister of the First Congregational Church of New London, Conn., in 1757. In 1768 he converted to Church of England and took a position with Christ Church in Boston, Mass., remaining there until 1775. In 1776, Byles became a refugee at Halifax, N.S., a...