MS Am 804 - Notes of sermons by John Chickering

GEMMS Manuscript ID
GEMMS-MANUSCRIPT- 1356
(old series: GEMMS-MANUSCRIPT-1554)
Title
Notes of sermons by John Chickering
Shelfmark
MS Am 804
Creation Date
1651 - 1652
Repository
Contents Note

Sermon notes by John Chickering. These sermons were delivered from 28 July 1651 until 18 January 1652, principally at Cambridge, MA. They were preached by a number of ministers, including Jonathan Mitchell, John Russell, Samuel Stow, John Allin and Richard Blinman.

Material Features

Bound in calf.

Provenance

Chickering's signature appears on the back flyleaf.

Acquisition

The gift of Miss Elizabeth P. Sever of Kingston, MA. This manuscript was bequeathed on 14 July 1855.

Source of Data

HOLLIS; William R. Newman and Lawrence M. Principe, Alchemy Tried in the Fire: Starkey, Boyle, and the Fate of Helmontian Chymistry (Chicago, IL and London, 2002), p. 168 n. 39; Meredith Marie Neuman, Jeremiah's Scribes: Creating Sermon Literature in Puritan New England (Philadelphia, PA, 2013), pp. 90-92; Hannah Yip.

Sermons Contained
URLs
http://digitalcollections.library.harvard.edu/catalog/990098772780203941 Digitised copy of Houghton Library, Harvard University MS AM 804.
http://wordpress.clarku.edu/meneuman/sermon-notebooks-online/john-chickering-se… Meredith Neuman, 'John Chickering, sermon notebook page (Houghton Library)' (23 June 2013)
GEMMS record created
October 28, 2021
GEMMS record last edited
July 15, 2024