[Sermon notes from Boston], 1652-1656.

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[Sermon notes from Boston], 1652-1656.

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Manuscript, on paper, in a single hand, of detailed sermon notes on over 100 sermons preached in Boston in Massachusetts Bay between 1652 and 1656, most at Thursday Lectures. 12 were delivered by John Cotton; over 90 were delivered by John Norton, who succeeded Cotton as pastor of First Church. Included are notes on the funeral sermon for Major-General Edward Gibbons, one of the first settlers of Charlestown, who died in December of 1654.

1 v. (297 p.) ; 19 x 15 cm.

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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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 ...

Cotton, John, 1584-1652

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Clergyman. From the description of An abstracte of the lawes of Newe England : manuscript, 1641? (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 145381251 ...

Norton, John, 1606-1663

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Gibbons, Edward, Major-General, d. 1654.

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