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Subject Source: Cclabroad

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

David Merrill letter

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230323369]
Identifier: MSS SC 2432
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...
Dates: 1820 March 13

Stephen Rensselaer Smith letters

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230323492]
Identifier: MSS SC 2433
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1824