Author: First Congregational Church (Hopkinton, Mass.)Publisher:
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Category : First Congreational Church (Hopkinton, Mass.)
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
Manual of the First Congregational Church in Hopkinton, Mass
Author: First Congregational Church (Hopkinton, Mass.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : First Congreational Church (Hopkinton, Mass.)
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
Manual of the First Congregational Church in Sutton, Mass.
Author: AnonymousPublisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 338213165X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 62
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1871. The publishing house Anatiposi publishes historical books as reprints. Due to their age, these books may have missing pages or inferior quality. Our aim is to preserve these books and make them available to the public so that they do not get lost.
Richard Potter
Author: John A. HodgsonPublisher: University of Virginia Press
ISBN: 0813941059
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 440
Book Description
Apart from a handful of exotic--and almost completely unreliable--tales surrounding his life, Richard Potter is almost unknown today. Two hundred years ago, however, he was the most popular entertainer in America--the first showman, in fact, to win truly nationwide fame. Working as a magician and ventriloquist, he personified for an entire generation what a popular performer was and made an invaluable contribution to establishing popular entertainment as a major part of American life. His story is all the more remarkable in that Richard Potter was also a black man. This was an era when few African Americans became highly successful, much less famous. As the son of a slave, Potter was fortunate to have opportunities at all. At home in Boston, he was widely recognized as black, but elsewhere in America audiences entertained themselves with romantic speculations about his "Hindu" ancestry (a perception encouraged by his act and costumes). Richard Potter’s performances were enjoyed by an enormous public, but his life off stage has always remained hidden and unknown. Now, for the first time, John A. Hodgson tells the remarkable, compelling--and ultimately heartbreaking--story of Potter’s life, a tale of professional success and celebrity counterbalanced by racial vulnerability in an increasingly hostile world. It is a story of race relations, too, and of remarkable, highly influential black gentlemanliness and respectability: as the unsung precursor of Frederick Douglass, Richard Potter demonstrated to an entire generation of Americans that a black man, no less than a white man, could exemplify the best qualities of humanity. The apparently trivial "popular entertainment" status of his work has long blinded historians to his significance and even to his presence. Now at last we can recognize him as a seminal figure in American history.
The National Union Catalog, Pre-1956 Imprints
Author: Library of CongressPublisher:
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Category : Catalogs, Union
Languages : en
Pages : 712
Book Description
Descendants of Simon Mellen, c. 1636-1694
Author: N. P. MalingPublisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 110590833X
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 297
Book Description
A comprehensive genealogy of the Simon Mellen family of Massachusetts. Covering over three hundred years of family history, this volume clarifies numerous previous publications and provides a starting point for future researchers.
The Manual of the Evangelical Congregational Church in Gloucester, Mass., 1885
Author: Evangelical Congregational Church (Gloucester, Mass.)Publisher:
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Category : Congregational churches
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
Manual of the Congregational Church in West Boylston, Mass
Author: James Hill FittsPublisher:
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Category : West Boylston (Mass.)
Languages : en
Pages : 84
Book Description
Darkness Falls on the Land of Light
Author: Douglas L. WiniarskiPublisher: UNC Press Books
ISBN: 1469628279
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 632
Book Description
This sweeping history of popular religion in eighteenth-century New England examines the experiences of ordinary people living through extraordinary times. Drawing on an unprecedented quantity of letters, diaries, and testimonies, Douglas Winiarski recovers the pervasive and vigorous lay piety of the early eighteenth century. George Whitefield's preaching tour of 1740 called into question the fundamental assumptions of this thriving religious culture. Incited by Whitefield and fascinated by miraculous gifts of the Holy Spirit--visions, bodily fits, and sudden conversions--countless New Englanders broke ranks with family, neighbors, and ministers who dismissed their religious experiences as delusive enthusiasm. These new converts, the progenitors of today's evangelical movement, bitterly assaulted the Congregational establishment. The 1740s and 1750s were the dark night of the New England soul, as men and women groped toward a restructured religious order. Conflict transformed inclusive parishes into exclusive networks of combative spiritual seekers. Then as now, evangelicalism emboldened ordinary people to question traditional authorities. Their challenge shattered whole communities.
Legacy of Dissent
Author: Donald Alan SmithPublisher:
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Category : Religion and politics
Languages : en
Pages : 546
Book Description
An American Journey, 1634-1961
Author: Rosalyn Richards LeonardPublisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
Ancestors of Rosalyn Richards Leonard, daughter of Russel Richards and Barbara Babcock. Follows a direct line of descent from one man in each generation. Edward Richards was born in England in about 1616. He immigrated to Massachusetts between 1634 and 1636. Descendants and relatives lived mainly in Massachusetts and Utah.