Commonplace book.
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Description
- Title
- Commonplace book.
- Creator
- Chauncy, Elnathan, d. 1684
- Contributor
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Brinsmade, Zachary, d. 1667
Chauncey family
Chauncy, Charles, 1592-1672
Chauncy, Israel, 1644-1703
Chauncy, Nathaniel, approximately 1639-1685
Harvard College (1636-1780)--Students
Mitchel, Jonathan, 1624-1668
Willard, Samuel, 1640-1707 - Published / Created
- [ca. 1660]
- Abstract
-
Bound commonplace book kept by Elnathan Chauncy (Harvard Class of 1661), begun in his senior year at Harvard (volume 5).
- Description
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Charles Chauncy, non-conformist minister originally from England, second Harvard president, and father of Isaac, Ichabod, Barnabas, Nathaniel, Elnathan, and Israel Chauncy.
Israel Chauncy was a minister in Bridgeport (then Stratford), Connecticut. When his brother Nathaniel died, Israel agreed to raise his nephew Nathaniel in exchange for the use of books from their father's library which had passed to his brother. Israel Chauncy was one of the founders of Yale College, and his nephew Nathaniel was the first graduate of Yale College.
Purchased from The Owl at the Bridge on the Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund, 2001. - Extent
- [264] p. ; 15.5 x 9.7 cm.
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been completely digitized.
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Call Number
- GEN MSS 488
- Collection Title
- Chauncy family sermons, book inventory and commonplace book
- Collection / Other Creator
- Chauncy family
- Collection Date
- 1631-1695
- Container / Volume
- Box 5
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Format
- text
- Genre
- Commonplace books
- Resource Type
- Archives or Manuscripts
- Subject (Geographic)
- Cambridge (Mass.)
- Subject (Name)
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Brinsmade, Zachary, d. 1667
Chauncey family
Chauncy, Charles, 1592-1672
Chauncy, Israel, 1644-1703
Chauncy, Nathaniel, approximately 1639-1685
Harvard College (1636-1780)--Students
Mitchel, Jonathan, 1624-1668
Willard, Samuel, 1640-1707
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
- Citation
- Chauncy Family Sermons, Book Inventory and Commonplace Book. General Collection of Books and Manuscripts, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Identifiers
- Catalog Record
- 4731914
- Object ID (OID)
- 17341803
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