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Small notebook with transcriptions of sermons (by Mr. Alling, Crary & Mitchel), Bibical passages in Latin and Greek, and family records recording the births of family members. Also includes the following entries: 'The Rhetorick of Farnabe translated' [Thomas Farnaby's 'Index Rhetoricus'] , 'Joseph Brown his book ye 1790', 'Value of silver money per the ounce' from 1705-1747, 'Josiah Brown Eqr liber anno domini may 2 1760', and Samuel Brown's 'A memorandum of the remarkables of my life'. Blank pages were not scanned. Samuel Brown was born 4 Sept 1687 Newbury MA. He was ordained at Abington 17 Nov 1714. He died 19 Sept. 1749 Abington MA.
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Commonplace book of Samuel Brown, ca. 1700-1812
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br86bv42x
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title
Commonplace book of Samuel Brown, ca. 1700-1812
description
Small notebook with transcriptions of sermons (by Mr. Alling, Crary & Mitchel), Bibical passages in Latin and Greek, and family records recording the births of family members. Also includes the following entries: 'The Rhetorick of Farnabe translated' [Thomas Farnaby's 'Index Rhetoricus'] , 'Joseph Brown his book ye 1790', 'Value of silver money per the ounce' from 1705-1747, 'Josiah Brown Eqr liber anno domini may 2 1760', and Samuel Brown's 'A memorandum of the remarkables of my life'. Blank pages were not scanned. Samuel Brown was born 4 Sept 1687 Newbury MA. He was ordained at Abington 17 Nov 1714. He died 19 Sept. 1749 Abington MA.
date
["1700–1812"]
year
1700
rights
Open access This item is in the public domain. There are no known restrictions on the use of this image.
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No known restrictions on use.
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no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
Mss A 1099
creators
Brown, Samuel, 1687-1749
institution
New England Historic Genealogical Society
collections
Commonplace Books (NEHGS)
subjects
Brown, Daniel, 1769-
Brown, Joseph, 1745-1825
Brown, Josiah, 1740-
Brown, Woodbridge, 1714-1783
Brown family
Registers of births, etc.--Massachusetts--Abington
Sermons
Commonplace books
Abington (Mass.)--History
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Abington
Massachusetts
North and Central America
Plymouth (county)
United States
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Books
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Sermons
Commonplace books
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United States
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Massachusetts
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Plymouth
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Abington
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1
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1 volume ; 13 cm.
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no
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42.1
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-70.9333
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br86bv42x
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