Overview
The first sermon is based on “Math: 11-29. Learn of me for I am meek & lowly in heart: and ye shall find Rest unto your Souls.” The second sermon is based on Romans: 5-10. "We shall be saved by His Life."
Dates
- Creation: 1762-1819
- Creation: 1762
- Creation: December, 1819.
- Creation: 1785
- Creation: 1794
- Creation: 1797
- Creation: 1786
- Creation: 1794
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Extent
1 boxesThe first sermon is 32 pages long and is based on “Math:11-29. Learn of me for I am meek & lowly in heart: and ye shall find Rest unto your Souls.” There is an inscription at the end of the sermon in a different hand which states that it is a “Sermon of the Rev. Mr. Fairfield, first minister of Saco, Maine – presented by W. Cushing to the Library of the Theological School in Cambridge.” Rev. Fairfield made a note at the end of the sermon that states it was preached at Pepperellborough in 1785. There are further notes as to where it was preached in 1794 and 1797. The second sermon is 80 pages long and is based on Romans: 5-10. "We shall be saved by His Life." There is an insert which indicates that this sermon was preached in Pepperellborough in 1786 and 1794.
Biographical / Historical
Born in Wenham, Massachusetts, John Fairfield (1737-1819) graduated from Harvard College in 1757. He was engaged as a teacher at Manchester and Roxbury, Massachusetts until he commenced preaching in February 1760. He preached in the Arrowsic Warehouse in Georgetown; the First Parish at Scarboro, and at Dunstable, Massachusetts. He was ordained in 1762, and was settled that same year at the First Church in Pepperellborough (now Saco, Maine). Prior to this, he married Mrs. Mary Cutts, daughter of Capt. Ichabod Goodwin, and widow of Foxwell Cutts of Berwick. John Fairfield died in December, 1819.
Acquisition Information
The first sermon was donated by W. Cushing. The second sermon was donated by Mrs. H.F. Hamilton.
Processing Information
Processed by Fran O'Donnell, 2014.
- Title
- Fairfield, John, 1737-1819. Sermons, 1785-1797: A Finding Aid.
- Author
- Andover-Harvard Theological Library
- Language of description
- und
- EAD ID
- div00733
Repository Details
Part of the Harvard Divinity School Library, Harvard University Repository
Special Collections at Harvard Divinity School Library preserves and makes accessible primary source materials documenting the history of religion and theology, with particular historical emphasis on American liberal religious traditions. Though the historical strengths of the collections have been in the field of Christianity, other religious traditions are increasingly reflected, in step with Harvard Divinity School's evolving focus on global religious studies. Known as Andover-Harvard Theological Library since 1911, it was renamed the Harvard Divinity School Library in 2021.
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