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James Cogswell papers
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Title
James Cogswell papers, 1779-1804.
Physical Description
0.21 linear feet (1 box)
Language
English
Notes
In English.
Provenance
Source unknown.
Access and use
This material is open for research.
Biographical / Historical Note
James Cogswell (1720-1807, Yale 1742), American pastor in Congregational churches in Canterbury, Connecticut (1774-1771), and in Scotland Parish, Windham, Connecticut (1752-1804). Cogswell was married three times, in 1745 to Alice Fitch (1725-1772), then in 1773 to Martha Lothrop Devotion (1715?-1795), the widow of the Reverend Ebenezer Devotion, his predecessor in Windham, and last, in 1797, to Irene Ripley Hebard (died 1804). He died at the home of his son Mason Fitch Cogswell, in Hartford, Connecticut, on January 2, 1807.
Mason Fitch Cogswell (1761-1830, Yale 1780), American physician and surgeon, and the third son of the Reverend James Cogswell and Alice Fitch Cogswell.
Summary
The James Cogswell papers contain five autograph daybooks (1791-1804), two autograph sermons (1784, undated), three autograph letters, signed (1804), to his parish in Windham, Connecticut, and seventy-three autograph letters, signed (1779-1803), to his son Mason Fitch Cogswell. Also present is an autograph letter, signed (1794), to James Cogswell from his stepson John Devotion (1766-1810, Yale 1785) in Boston, and two autograph poems by Devotion titled "Revelation Chap. X. Paraphrased" (undated) and "Spring" (July 26, 1788). A folder of other papers holds the records of an account (1799-1801) James Cogswell had with a local merchant, and three unidentifed manuscript notes related to religion.
Format
Archives or Manuscripts
Added to Catalog
April 28, 2016
References
James Cogswell Papers. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
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James Cogswell Papers. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Subjects
Genre/Form
Diaries - Connecticut - 18th century.
Sermons - Connecticut - 18th century.
Occupation
Clergy Connecticut 18th century.
Clergy Connecticut 19th century.
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