Notes on sermons by Joshua Moodey and others, 1686-1688.

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Notes on sermons by Joshua Moodey and others, 1686-1688.

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Two small notebooks containing notes taken during the sermons of various clergymen, primarily Rev. Joshua Moodey, minister at the First Church of Boston, 1685-88. Also includes sermon notes of Revs. [James] Allen, [Cotton] Mather, and [Samuel] Willard, among others. Some sections are written in shorthand. The writer of the notebook is unknown.

2 vols. in a case.

Massachusetts Historical Society

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Massachusetts Historical Society

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Allen, James, 1632-1710

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Allen, minister of the First Church in Boston, served as Fellow of Harvard College, 1692-1707. From the description of A funerall elegie upon the lamented death of Mr. Daniell Russell, who expired January 4, 1678 : manuscript, 1678. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612867712 ...

First Church (Boston, Mass.)

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First Church in Boston was established in 1630. Second Church was founded in 1649 by members of First Church. In 1968 the congregations of First Church and Second Church merged, forming the First and Second Church in Boston. In 2005 the congregation voted to change its name to First Church in Boston. From the description of First Church in Boston. Records, 1844-1996 (Harvard University, Divinity School Library). WorldCat record id: 713375240 ...

Moodey, Joshua, 1633?-1697.

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Minister of Portsmouth, N.H. From the description of Sermons [manuscript], ca. 1670-1690. (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 642034597 Rev. Joshua Moodey (1633-1697) graduated from Harvard in 1653 and was minister of Portsmouth, N.H., from 1658 to 1684. After a conflict with a lieutenant governor of New Hampshire, he was tried, briefly imprisoned, and forbidden from preaching, although staunchly supported by Cotton Mather (1663-1728). He became assistant minister for th...

Mather, Cotton, 1663-1728

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Mather was an American Puritan clergyman and writer. Mather attended Harvard (A.B. 1678, M.A. 1681) and served as minister at the Second Church in Boston from 1685 until his death. His advice was sought during the Salem witch trials. During his lifetime Mather wrote more than 450 books. ...

Willard, Samuel, 1640-1707

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Clergyman at Old South Church, Boston. Author of Body of Divinity. Vice-President of Harvard College. From the description of Notes for a sermon : [Boston, Massachusetts], [166-? to 169-?]. (Brown University). WorldCat record id: 122480601 Samuel Willard was born in Concord, Massachusetts. He was ordained a Puritan minister in Groton, Massachusetts in 1664, and served there as pastor until 1676. He was pastor of the Third Church in Boston from 1687-1707. Willard strenuously ...