Sermon – July 4th – 1794 */?>

Preached by Joseph Lathrop – 07/04/1794 Dr. Joseph Lathrop Joseph Lathrop, a New England clergyman, was born in Norwich, Connecticut, on October 20, 1731. He graduated from Yale in 1754, and was ordained as pastor of the Congregational church in West Springfield in 1756 – a church he pastored for over sixty years until his retirement in 1818.

Sermon – Election – 1796 */?>

Preached by John Marsh – 05/12/1796 A SERMON Preached Before His Honor OLIVER WOLCOTT, Esq. L.L.D. Lieutenant- Governor and Commander in Chief, And the Honorable the GENERAL ASSEMBLY of the STATE OF CONNECTICUT, Convened at Hartford, on the day of the ANNIVERSARY ELECTION, May 12th, 1796.   By JOHN MARSH, A.M. Pastor of the First Church

Sermon – Fasting – 1798, Massachusetts */?>

Preached by David Tappan – 04/05/1798 David Tappan (1752-1803) was a minister from Massachusetts. He graduated from Harvard in 1772 and was a pastor of a church in Newbury (1774-1792). Tappan was a professor of divinity at Harvard from 1792 through his death. This sermon was preached on this statewide fast day as a result of a proclamation

Sermon – Fasting – 1798 */?>

Preached by David Tappan – 04/05/1798 Jeremy Belknap (1744-1798) was born in Boston but spent many years in New Hampshire. He graduated from Harvard in 1762 and became a teacher.Belknap was ordained in 1767; in 1775 he was chosen to be chaplain to New Hampshire troops at Cambridge but was unable to take that position. He supported

Sermon – Fasting – 1799 */?>

Preached by Eliphalet Gillet – 04/25/1799 This is a fast sermon preached by Eliphalet Gillet (1768-1848) in Hallowell, Maine on April 25, 1799. This national fast day was proclaimed by President John Adams. The text of the sermon has been updated to reflect modern spelling and grammar. A Discourse, Delivered at Hallowell, April 25th, 1799. Being

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