Oliver Hart papers, 1754-1795.

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Oliver Hart papers, 1754-1795.

Chiefly family correspondence of Oliver Hart re politics, family affairs, war, religion, and sermons; including 17 letters, 1755-1795, Charleston, S.C., and Hopewell, N.J, between Oliver Hart and his father, John Hart, and his brother, Joseph Hart re Oliver Hart's work as a Baptist minister, politics, fortification of Charleston, S.C., war between England and France, farm produce, fire of 1778, Revolutionary War, S.C. Congress, friends, and relocating to Hopewell, N.J. Dairy, 1741-1789, of Oliver Hart, re personal notes and thoughts, sermons, family life, religious works; 2 volumes, 1741-1780, original and mimeographed copy, re notes of William Screven and family with introduction by Louis Latimer Owens; volume, 1773-1794, list of sermons and funerals preached including that of Congregational pastor William Tennent, 1777; also including family genealogy, 1790, by Oliver Hart; correspondence, 1792-1831, re religion, family news, and condolences on the death of Oliver Hart. Twelve letters, 1781-1813, Burlington, N.J., from Hart's wife, Anne [Maria Grimball] Hart, to sons, Oliver Hart, Jr., Philadelphia, Pa, and William Rogers Hart, Wadmalaw, S.C.; 3 family letters, 20 Feb. 1871, 31 Mar. 1871, and 14 May 1871, re illness, and creation of her own school; and volume, 1867, by William Watts Hart Davis, typed excerpts re the Oliver Hart family from "History of the Hart Family"; and undated photographs of Oliver Hart and family, Hopewell Church and Cemetery, Hopewell, N.J.

230 items and 6 v.

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Hart, Anne Maria Grimball, d. 1813

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Tennent, William, 1740-1777

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Member of S.C. General Assembly and Pastor, 1772-1777, of Independent [or Circular Congregational] Church, Charleston, S.C.; native of Freehold, New Jersey; known as William Tennent III; ; graduate, 1758, of Princeton, with a Masters Degree, 1763, from Harvard; married, 1764, to Susan Vergereau (b. 1742); father of John Charles Tennent (b.1774) and four other children; son of William Tennent (1705-1777); grandson of William Tennent (1673-1746); died 11 Aug. 1777 at High Hills of the Santee (near...

Hart, Josephine

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Hart family.

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Hart, William Rogers.

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Davis, W. W. H. (William Watts Hart), 1820-1910

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Historian and journalist, of Doylestown, Pa. From the description of Fries Rebellion manuscript, [ca. 1898]. (Bucks County Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 70927308 Journalist and historian, of Doylestown, Pa. From the description of Notes for History of Bucks County, 1898-1900. (Bucks County Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 70927309 Journalist and army officer. From the description of Exercises, 1847. (Bucks County Historical...

Hart, Oliver, 1723-1795

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Baptist minister, of Charleston, S.C. and Hopewell, N.J.; husband of Anne Hart; son of John Hart; brother of Joseph Hart. From the description of Oliver Hart papers, 1754-1795. (University of South Carolina). WorldCat record id: 42404557 Baptist minister of Bucks County, Penn.; removed to Charleston, S.C., and became pastor of the [First] Baptist Church in 1750; during American Revolution, fled before arrival of the British Army in 1780, and accepted the pastorate of Hopewel...

Hopewell Baptist Church (Hopewell, N.J.)

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Hart, John.

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Principal, Albemarle Female Institute, Charlottesville, Va. Broadus was chairman of the board of the Institute. From the description of [Letter] 1856 Aug 1, Elim, Spottsylvania, to [John Albert Broadus] / John Hart. 1856. (SBTS Library). WorldCat record id: 48225501 Principal of Albemarle Female Institute. From the description of [Letter] 1858 Aug. 28, Charlottesville, Va. to [John Albert Broadus] / John Hart. 1858. (SBTS Library). WorldCat record id: 48253639 ...