Samuel Fayrweather letter and notes, 1748-1754.

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Samuel Fayrweather letter and notes, 1748-1754.

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This collection includes a letter from Fayrweather, in Savannah, Georgia to Rev. Thomas Prince and Rev. Thomas Foxcroft, both of Boston, written May 25, 1748. Fayrweather provides a detailed account of the Bethesda Orphan Home founded by George Whitfield, including the positioning and architecture of the home, the surrounding grounds and orchards, and the service, work, prayer, and education of the students. The second item in the collection are sermon notes written by Fayrweather on the back of a list of people enrolled in Harvard College from 1642-1754. Fayrweather's name appears among the class of 1743.

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Harvard University

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Harvard College was founded by a vote of the Great and General Court of Massachusetts on October 28, 1636 that allocated “400£ towards a schoale or colledge.” Subsequent legislative acts established the Board of Overseers, but it was the Charter of 1650 that created the Harvard Corporation as the College's primary governing board and defined its composition and authority. The College Charter became a contentious target for College officials, the Massachusetts Governor and General C...

Foxcroft, Thomas, 1697-1769

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Epithet: of Cristall British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000215.0x000031 Thomas Foxcroft received his A. B. from Harvard in 1714, and was a minister at the First Church in Boston, Mass. From the description of Manuscript exercises, ca. 1714. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 77072566 Thomas Foxcroft (1696/7-1769), minister of the First Church of Boston, was born on February 26, 1696/7. ...

Bethesda Home for Boys (Savannah, Ga.)

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The Bethesda Home for Boys was founded in Savannah, Georgia, in 1740, by Reverend George Whitefield. It suffered three fires before it was sold (1805) and rebuilt (1854) on land donated by the Union Society. It has been known as "Whitefield's House of Mercy," the Orphan House Estate, Bethesda College, the Bethesda Orphan House (1902), Bethesda Orphan Asylum, the Bethesda School for Boys, and Bethesda Orphanage. Ole W. Burroughs was the school's director, 1915-1945. A Mr. Quarterman was superinte...

Thomas, Prince.

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Fayrweather, Samuel, 1725-1781.

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Samuel Fayrweather (1725-1781) was born in Boston, Massachusetts and graduated from Harvard College in 1743. Fayrweather was ordained a minister in the Congregationalist Church in 1753 and in the Church of England in 1755. He served as a missionary for the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts in the parishes in South Carolina. He later transferred to Rhode Island where he died. From the description of Samuel Fayrweather letter and notes, 1748-1754. (Georgia Hist...