Scope and Contents Handwritten letter dated 13 March 1820. Merrill writes to the Rev. Nathaniel Stacy in Hamilton, New York. Merrill urges Stacy to "come over and help us" by conducting a debate between J. Foster, a Universalist preacher, and Joseph Baker, a Methodist preacher. Merrill anticipates a favorable outcome for the Universalists. This item documents some of the religious activities in New York State at about the time when Joseph Smith (1805-1844), the first president of the Mormon Church, claimed...

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Handwritten letters dated 9 March and 8 October 1824. The items were addressed to another prominent Universalist, Nathaniel Stacy. Smith writes expressing concern over the preservation of the records of the Universalist movement.

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Handwritten letters. The items were written by family members and by members of the Universalist Church of America. Stacy is invited to a convention and asked to speak at a meeting, to help in finding a minister, and to help settle doctrinal disputes. One item is from his children and deal largely with personal and family matters. Most of the items were written when Stacy was living in New York state.