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SERMON
PREACHED TO THE FIRST CONGREGATIONAL SOCIETY IN
DEERFIELD MASS.
AND IN THE HEARING OF SEVERAL
INDIANS
OF BOTH SEXES SUPPOSED TO BE DESCENDANTS OF
EUNICE WILLIAMS,
DAUGHTER OF
REV. JOHN WILLIAMS,
FIRST MINISTER OF DEERFIELD.
AUGUST 27, 1837.
JOHN FESSENDEN.
PUBLISHED BY REQUEST.
GREENFIELD MASS.
PRINTED BY PHELPS AND INGERSOLL.
1837.
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The Reverend John Fessenden (1804-1881), pastor of the Deerfield church, delivered this sermon in 1835 before, among others, a party of St. Francis Abenakis. The Native people who "attended divine service on Sunday in a divine and orderly manner" claimed to be descendants of Eunice Williams on a visit to the graves of her mother and father, the Reverend and Mrs. Williams. Eunice, however, had lived with the Mohawks in Kahnwake. The thesis of the sermon - that all people are of one blood descended from Adam and Eve - underscored the connection between the Williamses of Deerfield and their "cousins" in Canada, the descendants of Eunice and her husband, Arosen.
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"Sermon preached to 1st Congregational Society in Deerfield, Mass. and in the Hearing of Several Indians of Both Sexes Supposed"
publisher Phelps and Ingersoll [editors] |
author Reverend John Fessenden (1804-1881) |
date Aug 27, 1837 |
location Greenfield, Massachusetts |
height 9.25" |
width 4.5" |
process/materials printed paper, ink |
item type Books/Booklet - Sermon |
accession # #L98.027 |
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