Peter Starr papers, 1758-1829 (inclusive).

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Peter Starr papers, 1758-1829 (inclusive).

Sermons of Peter Starr, together with the sermons of his predecessor in Kent (now Warren), Connecticut, Sylvanus Osborn, and of two relatives by marriage, John Keep and John Stevens. Three-fourths of the papers are by Peter Starr. During the Revolutionary War Starr shifted his loyalty and the sermons provide biblical justification on both sides. John Keep was a chaplain during the war and a number of his camp sermons are in the collection.

8 linear ft. (21 boxes)

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SNAC Resource ID: 8022931

Yale University Library

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Keep, John, 1749-1784

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Stevens, John, 1750-1792.

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Osborn, Sylvanus, 1733-1771.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6bs14hm (person)

Starr, Peter, 1744-1829

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PETER STARR (1744-1829) Peter Starr was born in September, 1744, the youngest child of Samuel and Abigail (Dibble) Starr, of Danbury, Connecticut, and grandson of Captain Josiah and Rebekah Starr, also of Danbury. His father died soon after his birth, and his mother married Joseph Waller of New Milford (now Brookfield), Connecticut, in 1748. In 1764, Peter Starr graduated from Yale. He taught school for three and a half years and studied theology with the Rev...