Ms. N-1352 - Hugh Hall Papers, 1693-1773

GEMMS Manuscript ID
GEMMS-MANUSCRIPT- 1619
(old series: GEMMS-MANUSCRIPT-1825)
Title
Hugh Hall Papers, 1693-1773
Shelfmark
Ms. N-1352
Creation Date
ca. 1708 - 1709
Contents Note

This notebook is contained in a collection of papers belonging to Hugh Hall, a Boston merchant. Most of the other materials in this collection relate to trading, and the sermon notebook covers sermons and lectures delivered in Boston in February and March 1708/9.

Material Features

Small rebound notebook written in a small, neat hand. The first page of the notebook includes a partial index list of sermons and the note "Hugh Hall his Book began February 3th wch was Lector day anno Domini 1708/9." Pages 16-23 seem to have been trimmed.

Acquisition

Previous owner: "Given by Mrs. Mary Banry (Jackson) Rathbone February 24, 1921"

Source of Data

Abigail Hill; ABIGAIL the library catalog of the Massachusetts Historical Society

GEMMS record created
January 31, 2024
GEMMS record last edited
July 15, 2024