Guild Family collection, 1787-1823.

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Guild Family collection, 1787-1823.

Consists of correspondence and documents of the Guild family of Hunterdon County, New Jersey, including papers of brothers Benjamin and Ralph Guild.

0.90 cu. ft. (1 box)

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SNAC Resource ID: 8214079

Princeton University Library

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Guild, Ralph.

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Guild, Benjamin, 1749-1792

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Benjamin Guild lived from 1749 to 1792. Thus, he witnessed the American Revolution from his home in Boston, Massachusetts. He was born in Wrentham, Massachusetts on April 17, 1749. He was the son of Benjamin and Abigail (Graves) Guild. Guild received his Bachelor of Arts (1769) and his Master of Arts (1772) degrees from Harvard College. As a Presbyterian pastor he preached in several Massachusetts communities including Dedham, Haverhill, and Cambridge. Guild was a Latin tutor at Harvard College ...