Theologians -- United States -- History.
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Company for the Propagation of the Gospel in New England Records Microfilm
Collection
Identifier: CN 156
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of one reel of microfilm containing a letterbook of the Society, chartered for the purpose of evangelism among New England Indians. Concerns the company's business affairs, education of Indians, Harvard College, and translation of religious texts. Primary correspondents are the company's governors, secretaries or clerks, and treasurers, writing to Commissioners in America, who in turn paid missionaries or dispersed funds as directed. Letters describe Company business...
Dates:
Created: 1688-1761
Cotton Mather Collection Microfilm
Collection
Identifier: CN 062
Scope and Contents
Microfilm of diaries, sermons, notes, correspondence, and writings of Mather. Originals are in the American Antiquarian Society and in the Massachusetts Historical Society. Also included is the original and a photocopy of a hand-written sermon, 1701, on Ephesians 1:3, titled "Spiritual Blessings." For more information, please see guide.[NOTE: In the Scope and Content description, the notation "folder 1-1" means box 1, folder 1]This collection consists of two folders...
Dates:
Created: 1680-1724
Society for the Propagation of the Gospel: Lambeth Palace Records Microfilm
Collection
Identifier: CN 154
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of about two thousand five hundred letters and eight volumes of minutes covering the formative years of the Society, 1701-1750. Later papers document the establishment of the American episcopate after the Revolution. The correspondence is primarily with clergy sent to America, but also concerns Eurasia, especially China and India. Correspondence primarily with clergy sent to America, but also concerns work in Eurasia, particularly China and India. Topics covered...
Dates:
Created: 1679-1790