Phillips, Samuel (1690-1771) Manuscript Sermon Books.

Description:

Phillips, Samuel (1690-1771) Manuscript Sermon Books. Approximately 700 octavo pages inscribed in a minute hand compiled and dated from 1721 through 1763; with an index, and few other miscellaneous notes, in a contemporary home-made leather cover with ties, some wear, ties lost, 6 x 4 in.
The Reverend Samuel Phillips served as the first pastor of South Parish (now called South Church) in Andover, Massachusetts from 1711 until his death in 1771. These notes represent forty-two years of his sermons.
Estimate $900-1,200


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