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HISTORY

OF THE

NORTH CHURCH IN NEW HAVEN,

FROM ITS FORMATION IN MAY, 1742, DURING THE GREAT
AWAKENING, TO THE COMPLETION OF THE
CENTURY IN MAY, 1842.

IN THREE SERMONS.

BY

SAMUEL W. S. DUTTON,

PASTOR OF THE CHURCH.

NEW HAVEN:

A. H. MALTBY, GLEBE BUILDING.

US 14 874.30.19

NEW HAVEN:
PRINTED BY B. L. HAMLEN.

Ar a meeting of the Church of the United Society, in New Haven, June 26, 1842—

Resolved, That Deacon Nathan Beers, Deacon Charles Bostwick, Deacon William S. Jarman, Hon. David Daggett, Hon. Simeon Baldwin, and Titus Street, Esq., be and hereby are appointed a Committee to express the thanks of this Church to Rev. S. W. S. Dutton, its pastor, for his valuable discourses on its history, and to request a copy, that they may be printed.

Reverend and Dear Sir

We, the Committee above named, with great pleasure communicate to you the above vote of the Church of the United Society, and in their name thank you for your three discourses, containing the interesting history of the Church from its origin to the close of a century, and request a copy thereof for publication.

Accept, dear sir, the assurances of our great respect and esteem.

NATHAN BEERS,

CHARLES BOSTWICK,

WILLIAM S. JARMAN, Committee.

DAVID DAGGETT,

SIMEON BALDWIN,

TITUS STREET,

Rev. S. W. S. DUTTON.

Dear Brethren—

I am grateful that my feeble efforts to illustrate the origin and history of our Church have been so favorably received. I send you a copy of the discourses, according to your request. They contain facts, brought to light, many of them, at some expense of time and labor, a record of which should be made before the knowledge of them is lost. An imperfect record is better than none. I have added much information in the notes, which for obvious reasons I preferred to introduce in that form rather than in the body of the discourses. The authors from

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