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GEMMS IDGEMMS-MANUSCRIPT-001553
TitleMichael Metcalfe's sermon diary
ShelfmarkMS Am 1065
Creation Date1689 - 1692
RepositoryHoughton Library
Contents NoteSigned autograph manuscript, containing a list of ministers based in and around Boston, and the dates and topics of their sermons.
Material FeaturesThe manuscript (eight leaves in total) comprises a series of folded sheets sewn together. Thick twine has been used to sew the top spine.
Associated Peoplemanuscript owner - Metcalfe, Michael
Provenance'Michael Metcalfe own this book septem 1690' is inscribed on the first page of the manuscript.
Acquisition
Source of DataHOLLIS; Meredith Marie Neuman, Jeremiah's Scribes: Creating Sermon Literature in Puritan New England (Philadelphia, PA, 2013); Hannah Yip.
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Sermons Contained
Attached URLs:
URLNotes
digitalcollections.library.harvard.edu/catalog/990100217170203941Digitised copy of Houghton Library, Harvard University MS Am 1065.
wordpress.clarku.edu/meneuman/sermon-notebooks-online/michae-metcalfe-sermon-notebook-cover-houghton-library/Meredith Neuman, 'Michae [sic] Metcalfe, sermon notebook cover (Houghton Library) (17 June 2013)
GEMMS record createdOctober 28, 2021
GEMMS record last editedOctober 28, 2021