Scope and Contents Note From the Collection: In this sermon, titled "The Baptism of Infants," Charles Coffin argues that because infants have a sinful nature through the instrumentality of their fallen parents and because God desires infants to be saved, a visible or manifest interest in the covenant entitles infants not less than adults to a regular membership [in the visible church] properly sealed [i.e. by baptism]. Coffin further asserts that if an infant's parents are church members, the child is a member as well because in all...

Scope and Contents Note From the Collection: In this sermon, titled "The Baptism of Infants," Charles Coffin argues that because infants have a sinful nature through the instrumentality of their fallen parents and because God desires infants to be saved, a visible or manifest interest in the covenant entitles infants not less than adults to a regular membership [in the visible church] properly sealed [i.e. by baptism]. Coffin further asserts that if an infant's parents are church members, the child is a member as well because in all...

Scope and Contents Note From the Collection: In this sermon (entitled "The Good Shepherd"), Reverend James Park argues that although the shepherd is often considered to fill a humble position, protecting and caring for the flock is an extremely important task that often places its occupant in contact with very powerful individuals. He further contends that because of this combination of responsibility and power, the shepard is an excellent metaphor for Christ. The sermon's cover lists the Biblical text that it is based on (John 10:11,...

Scope and Contents Note From the Collection: A manuscript of E. R. Gaskin's "Folk Tales of the Kentucky Hills" in which Gaskin recounts tales collected from the area of Kentucky where he grew up in order to preserve the stories and speech as used at that time. The document is divided into fifteen chapters: The People and the Land; Jeb and Kate; The Noisy Clock; The Judge's Toothpick; Jim Burton's Return; Politics and Oratory; Community Health; The Census Taker; The Time Machine; Strange Diseases; Entertainments; School Days; Backwoods...

Scope and Contents Note From the Collection: This book contains notes that Samuel Mainster took on lectures he attended while studying at the University of Maryland in Baltimore. The first section documents presentations given by Nathaniel Potter, Professor of the Theory and Practice of Medicine, concerning treatments for such ailments as jaw fractures, cholera, rheumatism, and asthma. The second section shows lectures given by Professor of Chemistry Elisha De Butts on the sources and properties of various elements, chemicals, and...

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Richard Beale Davis wrote this introduction for the 1970 edition of William Wirt's Letters of the British Spy. In it, he discusses each of the ten letters in detail, places them in the context of Wirt's early 19th century Virginia, and examines how they were received when they were first published in the Virginia Argus in 1803.