GEMMS IDGEMMS-MANUSCRIPT-000204
TitleThe Substance of a Funeral Sermon
ShelfmarkMS 28.7
Creation Date1705 - 1705
RepositoryDr Williams's Library
Contents NoteThis manuscript consists of a single funeral sermon including a title page and a dedicatory letter to the subject's father. The letter is written by the auditor who heard the sermon, memorized it, and had it written out from memory by the scribe.
Material FeaturesThis is a small manuscript bound in black paper boards. At the end the scribe
has put: ‘S.G. defuncti amicus, socius & amator cordatissimus moerore ac dolore
plenus, adscripsit, 25o die Januarii. An. Dom. 1705/6.’
Associated Peoplemanuscript owner - Titcomb, William
Provenance
Acquisition
Source of DataJeanne Shami; DWL Catalogue
Other Note
Sermons ContainedThe Substance of A Funeral Sermon occasion'd by the sudden & surprizing Death of that serious & religious Young Gentleman. Mr. Jacob Shard -- ff. 4r-20v
Sermon Reports Contained
GEMMS record createdApril 12, 2016
GEMMS record last editedFebruary 26, 2021