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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

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Historical Sketch Of Northampton, From Its First Settlement: In A Sermon, Delivered On The National Thanksgiving, April 13, 1815

Historical Sketch Of Northampton, From Its First Settlement: In A Sermon, Delivered On The National Thanksgiving, April 13, 1815

Williams, Solomon

Paperback

Genealogy & HeraldryGeneral ChristianityGeneral United States History

ISBN10: 9354442870
ISBN13: 9789354442872
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: Feb 24 2021
Pages: 28
Weight: 0.12
Height: 0.07 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
A town's story, preached from its own pulpit, becomes more than local history. The past speaks clearly here. Delivered as a national thanksgiving sermon on 13 April 1815, Solomon Williams's Historical Sketch of Northampton, from its First Settlement is an early American sermon that turns remembrance into moral reflection. In measured, reverent prose, Williams surveys the founding of 17th century Northampton, the challenges of colonial New England settlement, and the shaping of a New England town history at the heart of western Massachusetts. As Northampton, Massachusetts history unfolds from frontier outpost to flourishing community, readers glimpse the religious and civic world that would frame Jonathan Edwards's Northampton and influence generations to come. Both a devotional address and a concise chronicle, this Solomon Williams sermon offers researchers of early America, local historians, and family historians a valuable resource for genealogists and others interested in Northampton's people, places, and patterns of settlement. Out of print for decades and now republished by Alpha Editions, this historical sermon reprint is restored for today's and future generations in a careful modern edition. Rooted in western Massachusetts history yet resonant far beyond one valley town, it will appeal to readers of colonial New England settlement narratives, collectors of classic religious texts, and anyone drawn to the lived texture of early American communities. More than a reprint - a collector's item and a cultural treasure, preserving the voice of Northampton at a rare moment of national gratitude and self-understanding.

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