Overview
Sermons written by American transcendentalist Jones Very.
Dates
- 1844-1873
Language of Materials
Collection materials are in English.
Extent
.25 linear feet (1 volume)Autograph manuscript sermons of Jones Very, with a manuscript index of titles (in hand of his sister Lydia Louisa Anna Very ), at the start of volume.
Sermons are numbered on verso of last page; a few include locations and dates where the sermon was delivered.
It is noted in index that some of the numbers used are now without sermons: "There were several copies of the same sermon ... the copies of more than one were taken out. The numbers without sermons are: 2, 15, 21, 27, 28, 36, 49, 59, 63, 85, 90, and 95.
Biographical / Historical
Jones Very (1813-1880) was a transcendentalist poet and essayist.
Arrangement
Arranged as bound in volume.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
64M-219. Gift of Misses Frances Eliza Very and Lydia Louisa Anna Very of Salem, Massachusetts; received: 1895 March 22.
Provenance:
Formerly part of the collection of the Library of the Harvard Divinity School; later transferred to the Harvard College Library.
Processing Information
Processed by: Bonnie B. Salt.
- Title
- Very, Jones, 1813-1880. Jones Very sermons, 1844-1873: Guide.
- Author
- Houghton Library, Harvard College Library
- Description rules
- dacs
- Language of description
- und
- EAD ID
- hou02485
Repository Details
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