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Thomas Davies, Rev., papers

00-1997-12-0

 Collection
Identifier: 00-1997-12-0

Scope and Contents

A small notebook of handwritten sermons on The Commandments attributed to Rev. Davies and a published booklet "Biographical sketch of the Rev. Thomas Davies, A.M.: missionary of the Society for Propagating the Gospel in Foreign Parts, in several of the town of Litchfield County, Conn., from the year 1766" by a minister of the county. Published in New Haven by Stanley & Chapin, 1843. Davies was born in 1736/37 in Herefordshire, England, emigrated to Litchfield, CT in 1745, graduated from Yale in 1758, and was ordained a minister by the Archbishop of Canterbury in 1761, afterwards he returned to Connecticut to become a missionary in Litchfield County. He married Mary Hervey of Sharon and had two children (William b. 1763 and Charlotte b. 1765) before dying in New Milford in 1766.

Dates

  • created: 1843
  • Other: Date acquired: 11/30/1996

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research.

Extent

2.00 Linear Feet

0.00 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

English

Source of Acquisition

Elton M. Davies

Existence and Location of Originals

http://www.litchfieldhistoricalsociety.org

Related Materials

multi-part note content

Other Descriptive Information

This collection was processed with support from the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR).

Title
Thomas Davies, Rev., papers
Date
01/01/2012
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Litchfield Historical Society Repository

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