Commonplace book.

Description

Title: Commonplace book.
Creator: Chauncy, Elnathan, d. 1684
Contributor: 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: 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: English

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

Format: text
Genre: Commonplace books
Resource Type: Archives or Manuscripts
Subject (Geographic): Cambridge (Mass.)
Subject (Name): 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

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Citation: Chauncy Family Sermons, Book Inventory and Commonplace Book. General Collection of Books and Manuscripts, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.