Joseph Bachellor Goddard Papers

Descriptive Summary

Title: Joseph Bachellor Goddard Papers
Identifier: Midwest.MS.177
Repository: The Newberry Library - Modern Manuscripts
Language: English
Size: 0.2 linear feet (3 folders)
Dates: 1816-1833
Language: Materials are in English.
Location: 1 1 2
Abstract: Incomplete (pages 81-296) manuscript of an anti-slavery essay written by Joseph Bachellor Goddard, a Congregational minister in Londonderry, Vermont, and 1816 graduate of Williams College, who argued for the elimination of slavery, but sharply criticized the program of the American Colonization Society. Goddard preached in Londonderry from 1827 to 1838, and later in Pitcairn, St. Lawrence County, N.Y. Also included are a typed transcript prepared by Eleanor Goddard Worthen, a great-granddaughter, with typed biography of Joseph Bachellor Goddard. Includes Goddard’s Williams College diploma from 1816.
Creator: Goddard, Joseph Bachellor, 1793-1842

Scope and Contents note

Incomplete (pages 81-296) manuscript of an anti-slavery essay written by Joseph Bachellor Goddard, a Congregational minister in Londonderry, Vermont, and 1816 graduate of Williams College, who argued for the elimination of slavery, but sharply criticized the program of the American Colonization Society. Goddard preached in Londonderry from 1827 to 1838, and later in Pitcairn, St. Lawrence County, N.Y. Also included are a typed transcript prepared by Eleanor Goddard Worthen, a great-granddaughter, with typed biography of Joseph Bachellor Goddard. Includes Goddard’s Williams College diploma from 1816.

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Processing Information note

This collection was surveyed as part of the Black Metropolis Research Consortium's Survey Initiative on 2011 APRIL 12 by Lisa Calahan.

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