At an ecclesiastical council convened, in the Second Society in Lebanon, in Connecticut, for the ordination of Mr. Charles Jeffry [sic] Smith to the gospel ministry; with a special view to his mission to remote tribes of Indians in this land. June 30th, AD. 1763.

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At an ecclesiastical council convened, in the Second Society in Lebanon, in Connecticut, for the ordination of Mr. Charles Jeffry [sic] Smith to the gospel ministry; with a special view to his mission to remote tribes of Indians in this land. June 30th, AD. 1763.

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A manuscript true copy of the official certificate of qualification for ordination of Charles Jeffery Smith. Endorsed by Jeffery Samuel Moseley on behalf of Eleazar Wheelock. Details who will perform different parts of the service. The sermon Wheelock would give was later published as A sermon preached before the Second Society in Lebanon, June 30. 1763.

1 leaf ; 32 x 39 cm. folded to 32 x 20 cm.

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Wheelock, Eleazar, 1711-1779

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Eleazar Wheelock was born in Windham, Conn. in 1711. A Congregational minster, he was the founder and first president of Dartmouth College. He died in Hanover, N.H. in 1779. From the description of Records, 1882-1965. (Dartmouth College Library). WorldCat record id: 237296583 American congregational divine. First president of Dartmouth College. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Dartmouth College, 1773 Nov. 8. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 2705874...

Second Society (Lebanon, Conn.)

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Smith, Charles Jeffery, 1740-1770

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Charles Jeffery Smith was born near the village of Setauket, New York, on October 9, 1740. After graduating from Yale College in 1757, Smith became a Presbyterian minister. He spent 1760 and 1761 traveling in New Jersey, and by 1762 he had decided to become a missionary to the Native Americans. Soon after his ordination in 1763, Smith set off on a mission to the Indians of the Six Nations in upstate New York; but with the outbreak of Pontiac's Rebellion, he had to alter his plans. He then preach...