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4 July 1827
Unknown
Order of excercises, at the celebration of the fifty-first anniversary of American independence
Inlcudes a reading of the Declaration of Independence along with hymns and prayer.
GLC06143.23
1818
Whelpley, Samuel
Letters addressed to Caleb Strong... [attacking capital punishment & war]
Full title: "Letters addressed to Caleb Strong, Esq., ... showing that retaliation, capital punishment, and war are prohibited by the Gospel...." Third edition printed by Miller & Hutchen. Justifies pacifism.
GLC05208
circa 1820
Hill, Rowland (fl. ca. 1820)
to Robert Bolton
Rowland, an evangelical preacher, discusses a possible meeting with Mr. Jay somewhere between Wotten and Bath. Also, he also does not know the result of the correspondence between Mr. Potter and Bolton. Dated Saturday evening.
GLC05508.128
7 September 1825
Mason, Lowell (fl. 1825)
to Mrs. C. Mason
Mason writes to his mother. He meditates on how children come to appreciate their parents as they grow older and hopes to see his mother next season. He expresses that it is more important that they meet in the next life than in this one, and relies...
GLC05508.179
22 January 1817
Leonard, George (1783-1834)
to Aaron Hobart
States his interest in religious institutions and thus asks Hobart to write "a particular account of the exertions...at Hanover for the support of [illegible] their ordinances."
GLC06313.04.053
28 December 1821
Smith, Albert (1793-1867)
States that he is "pleas'd with a view of the finances of our country, & am confident they will improve progressively." Notes that Mr. Winslow is in Columbus, and that there was some "excitement & rumours as to his movements in his business in the...
GLC06313.04.125
3 January 1822
Hobart, Nathaniel (1758-1838)
Informs his nephew that he witnessed the ordination of Reverend Samuel Spring "and saw him inducted into the pastoral office over the church & congregation of the old parish." In regard to family news, he notes that that he was in Hanover for...
GLC06313.04.128
9 January 1822
Comments on Hobart's choice of Reverend Sparks for Chaplain, which "makes much conversation among our Brimstone folks." Speculates "that a Holy league will proceed to your city to exterminate the Infidels from the land." Notes that Mr...
GLC06313.04.133
7 November 1826
Speakman, Esther (fl. 1826)
to Martha Richardson
Thanks her for her letter. Discusses Robert Dale Owen's change in the plan of the New Harmony community, so that "every person who joins themselves to the community for the term of five years gives in his or her propity for the use of the community...
GLC06364
14 October 1826
Webster, Daniel (1782-1852)
to Charles B. Haddock
Replies to a previous inquiry from Haddock, his nephew, regarding the first settlers of New Hampshire. States that Nathaniel Adams' 1825 book, 'The Annals of Portsmouth', adds little to general knowledge on the history of New Hampshire. Offers his...
GLC06641.02
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