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1. Jonathan Edwards correspondence relating to his mission at Stockbridge, Massachusetts, 1752-1756
- Creator:
- Edwards, Jonathan, 1703-1758
- Call Number:
- GEN MSS 1722
- Image Count:
- 34
- Abstract:
- Correspondence relating to Jonathan Edwards's mission to Stockbridge, Massachusetts. Includes a letter from Edwards to Elisha Williams stating the reasons why Abigail Williams Sergeant Dwight should not be made headmistress of a Native American female boarding school; a letter to Elijah Williams regarding dissenters in the Stockbridge church; a letter to Ephraim Williams and his family addressing their grievances against the church; and a letter to Joseph Dwight about a Mohawk tribe leaving Stockbridge. Also includes a deposition where Japheth Bush attested that he was assigned to build the Native American female school. Also includes two letters from Elisha Williams to Edwards and two letters from Joseph Dwight to the Stockbridge church discussing Abigail Williams Sergeant Dwight’s involvement with the female school
- Description:
- Jonathan Edwards (1703-1758) was a theologian and leader of the Great Awakening. He served as minister of the Congregationalist Church at Northampton, Massachusetts from 1726-1750 and became a missionary to the Mahican and Mohawk Indians at Stockbridge, Massachusetts in 1751. and In English.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Massachusetts, Stockbridge, United States, Massachusetts., and Stockbridge (Mass.)
- Subject (Name):
- Bush, Japheth, 1705-1758., Dwight, Abigail Williams Sergeant, 1721-1791., Dwight, Joseph, 1702-1765., Edwards, Jonathan, 1703-1758., Williams, Elijah, 1732-1815., Williams, Elisha, 1694-1755., and Williams, Ephraim, 1691-1754.
- Subject (Topic):
- Calvinism, Clergy, Dissenters, Religious, Girls' schools, Indians of North America, Education, Missions, Mahican Indians, Missions, American, Mohawk Indians, Off-reservation boarding schools, Stockbridge Indians, Women, Women school principals, and Church history
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Jonathan Edwards correspondence relating to his mission at Stockbridge, Massachusetts, 1752-1756
