Sermon on Luke 15:11, undated
Scope and Contents
This series contains the sermons of consists of manuscripts of Amasa Learned and Payson Williston. The bulk of the collection consists of sermons written by Learned, Elsie DeWitt's great great grandfather. Amasa Learned was a Congregationalist minister who entered Connecticut politics in 1779, serving until 1791 when he was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives. The collection includes fifty-two sermons or sermon fragments, written in the same hand at different times. Also included are the collected sermons by Payson Williston, grandfather of Robert C. Learned's first wife Sarah B. Whitney. Williston was the first Congregationalist minister of Easthampton, Massachusetts.
Dates
- Creation: undated
Creator
- From the Collection: DeWitt, Elsie , 1896-1979 (Person)
- From the Collection: Learned, Amasa (Person)
- From the Collection: Williston, Payson, 1763-1856 (Person)
- From the Collection: Learned, Robert Coit, 1817-1867 (Person)
- From the Collection: DeWitt, Grace Hallam Learned, 1854-1935 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Extent
From the Collection: .83 Linear Feet (This collection includes 2.5 document boxes.)
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Repository Details
Part of the Linda Lear Center for Special Collections and Archives Repository
Connecticut College
270 Mohegan Ave
New London CT 06320 United States
860-439-2654
860-439-2686
learcenter@conncoll.edu