Notes on sermons delivered in Cambridge, Mass., 1707-1711.

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Notes on sermons delivered in Cambridge, Mass., 1707-1711.

Notes on sermons delivered by various ministers between 1707 and 1711 at the First (Congregational) Church in Cambridge, Mass., apparently kept by William Shurtleff. Among the ministers whose sermons are summarized are William Brattle, the pastor of the church, Nathaniel Gookin, and Nicholas Sever. The book may also have been owned or kept by William Little.

1 small v. in a case.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7245808

Massachusetts Historical Society

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Little, William. A. 1929-....

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Sever, Nicholas, 1680-1764

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Nicholas Sever was a member of the Harvard class of 1701, and later a fellow and tutor. From the description of Commonplace books, 1705-1744 (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 77072560 ...

Brattle, William, 1662-1717

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Standard text at Harvard until the 1770s. From the description of Compendium logicae secundum principia D. Renati Des:cartes catechisticeĢ propositum / per Dom. Brattle, in usum pupillorum ; A compendium of logick according to the modern phylosophers extracted from Le-grand and others their systems / by Mr. Brattle, in usum pupillorum : manuscript, 1707. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612843242 Brattle (A. B. 1680) was a Boston minister. From the descr...

Shurtleff, William, 1689-1747

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Gookin, Nathaniel, 1687-1734

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First Church (Cambridge, Mass.)

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The First Church was formed in Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1633, but in 1636 the minister and most of the members removed to Hartford, Conn. In 1829 the First Parish or First Church (Congregational) in Cambridge split into factions of Unitarian and Trinitarian persuasion. The latter, with the pastor Abiel Holmes, separated to form the Shepard Congregational Society, and continued subsequently under the name of the First Church. The Unitarians continued to be known as the First Parish, though cla...