This handwritten address was delivered by Rev. Thomas Cary, 1745-1808, minister of the First Congregational Church of Newburyport, Massachusetts for the ordination of Samuel Spring as the minister of the Second Congregational Church of Newburyport on August 6, 1777., 1745-1808, August 6, 1777 Digital

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