Massachusetts--Religious Life and customs
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Family Anecdotes and Memoirs of His Own Life by Samuel West
Collection
Identifier: Mss. Acc. 2009.464
Scope and Contents
Photocopy of a 1836 handwritten copy of the undated memoir of Rev. Samuel West (1738-1808) of Massachusetts. The handwritten copy was prepared by his grandsons Benjamin and Samuel West. Talks about his family's earliest history in the United States, gives descriptions of historic events in Massachusetts during the 18th century (Boston Tea Party) and talks of religion and his changing views throughout the years. Also included is a photocopy of a transcription of an...
Dates:
1836, 1886; Majority of material found in 1836
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center
Andrew Robinson Giddinge Diary
Collection
Identifier: SC 01023
Scope and Contents
Diary, 1794-1795, of Andrew Robinson Giddinge, a farmer from Beach Hill, Massachusetts. Concerns his planting of crops, including tobacco; his extensive lumber operations; his raising, purchase, and sale of cattle and sheep; his construction of his own house; and his attention to local religious observances. There is also information about sermons to which he listened, court sessions he attended, and places to which he travels.
Dates:
1794-1795
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center