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13 Wednesday. -

[1753-06-13]
At Colledge, a Cloudy morning, ...

Tuesday [12 June].

Docno: EJA01d007

Author: JA
Date: 1753-06-12
At Colledge, a Clowdy morning, heard Dr. Wigglesworth Preach from the 20 Chapter of exodus 8, 9 and 10th. Verses.1
 
1. Morning prayers were said regularly in Holden Chapel in the Yard (Morison, Three Centuries of Harvard , p. 94) Rev. Edward Wigglesworth (1693–1765), Harvard 1710, was Hollis professor of divinity (Sibley-Shipton, Harvard Graduates , 5:546–555).
Cite web page as: Founding Families: Digital Editions of the Papers of the Winthrops and the Adamses, ed.C. James Taylor. Boston: Massachusetts Historical Society, 2007.
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