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COLLECTION Identifier: UAI 15.874

Papers of Samuel Langdon

Letter from Samuel Langdon to Betty [Elizabeth] Brown, 1745 June 7 Digital

Scope and Contents

In this letter, Langdon writes to his future wife from a military camp at Louisbourg, Cape Breton Island. A published transcription appears in Biographical Sketches of Those Who Attended Harvard College in the Classes of 1736-1740, Sibley's Harvard Graduates, vol. X, p. 509.

Letter from Samuel Langdon to Betty [Elizabeth] Brown, 1745 June 7 Digital Object
Letter from Samuel Langdon to Betty [Elizabeth] Brown, 1745 June 7 Digital Object

Letter from Samuel Langdon to Deacon Samuel Hart, 1746 March 19 Digital

Scope and Contents

In this letter, Langdon welcomes Hart in to the First Church in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.

Letter from Samuel Langdon to Deacon Samuel Hart, 1746 March 19 Digital Object
Letter from Samuel Langdon to Deacon Samuel Hart, 1746 March 19 Digital Object

Letter from Samuel Langdon to Nathaniel Sparhawk, 1757 February 28 Digital

Scope and Contents

In this letter, Langdon discusses a political article written by Sparhawk and the printer’s refusal to print it.

Letter from Samuel Langdon to Nathaniel Sparhawk, 1757 February 28 Digital Object
Letter from Samuel Langdon to Nathaniel Sparhawk, 1757 February 28 Digital Object

Letter from Samuel Langdon to Thomas Brand Hollis, [1774 January?] Digital

Scope and Contents

Draft of a letter regarding the death of Thomas Hollis, longtime College benefactor.

Letter from Samuel Langdon to Thomas Brand Hollis, [1774 January?] Digital Object
Letter from Samuel Langdon to Thomas Brand Hollis, [1774 January?] Digital Object

Letter from Samuel Langdon to Timothy Hollis, [1775?] Digital

Scope and Contents

Draft of a letter regarding the legacy of Sir Robert Thorner.

Letter from Samuel Langdon to Timothy Hollis, [1775?] Digital Object
Letter from Samuel Langdon to Timothy Hollis, [1775?] Digital Object

Sermon by Samuel Langdon, undated Digital

Text reference

Jeremiah 13:16. Give glory to the Lord your God.

Sermon by Samuel Langdon, undated Digital Object
Sermon by Samuel Langdon, undated Digital Object

Sermon by Samuel Langdon at home, 1755 January 5 Digital

Scope and Contents

Annotations appearing on the sermon: At little Cambridge, 15 August 1779; at Hampton Falls, 27 May 1781

Sermon by Samuel Langdon at home, 1755 January 5 Digital Object
Sermon by Samuel Langdon at home, 1755 January 5 Digital Object

Cloth enclosure (pocketbook), front, closed circa 1755 Digital

Cloth enclosure (pocketbook), front, closed circa 1755 Digital Object
Cloth enclosure (pocketbook), front, closed circa 1755 Digital Object

Cloth enclosure (pocketbook), front, closed circa 1755 Digital

Cloth enclosure (pocketbook), front, closed circa 1755 Digital Object
Cloth enclosure (pocketbook), front, closed circa 1755 Digital Object

Sermon by Samuel Langdon at home, 1757 January 7 Digital

Scope and Contents

Annotations appearing on the sermon: At South Parish, 23 April 175?; Cambridge 20 August 1775; Hampton Falls, 18 February 1781

Sermon by Samuel Langdon at home, 1757 January 7 Digital Object
Sermon by Samuel Langdon at home, 1757 January 7 Digital Object

Sermon by Samuel Langdon at Greenland, 1767 July Digital

Text reference

"Luke 17th; 5. 'And the disciples said unto the Lord, increase our faith.'"--precedes shorthand.

Sermon by Samuel Langdon at Greenland, 1767 July Digital Object
Sermon by Samuel Langdon at Greenland, 1767 July Digital Object

Sermon by Samuel Langdon to Army in Cambridge, 1775 May 21 Digital

Sermon by Samuel Langdon to Army in Cambridge, 1775 May 21 Digital Object
Sermon by Samuel Langdon to Army in Cambridge, 1775 May 21 Digital Object

Sermon by Samuel Langdon at Dr. Appleton's lecture, 1776 December 27 Digital

Text reference

"Heb 3:6 clause 'whose house are we, if we hold fast the confidence [and' the rejoicing of the hope firm unto the end.'"

Sermon by Samuel Langdon at Dr. Appleton's lecture, 1776 December 27 Digital Object
Sermon by Samuel Langdon at Dr. Appleton's lecture, 1776 December 27 Digital Object

Indenture between John Moffatt and John Gotham for house and land in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, and witnessed by Samuel Langdon, 1762 November 10 Digital

Indenture between John Moffatt and John Gotham for house and land in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, and witnessed by Samuel Langdon, 1762 November 10 Digital Object
Indenture between John Moffatt and John Gotham for house and land in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, and witnessed by Samuel Langdon, 1762 November 10 Digital Object

Vote by Council of Churches to form a church of New Derham and appoint Mr. Nathan Porter minister, 1773 September 8 Digital

Vote by Council of Churches to form a church of New Derham and appoint Mr. Nathan Porter minister, 1773 September 8 Digital Object
Vote by Council of Churches to form a church of New Derham and appoint Mr. Nathan Porter minister, 1773 September 8 Digital Object

Summary of Samuel Langdon's activities as Chaplain of the American Army in Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1775 August 15 (manuscript copy), [1896?] Digital

Scope and Contents

This document is a nineteenth-century copy of information transcribed from the records of the U.S. Department of State, cited as No. 78, Vol. 14, p. 27.

Summary of Samuel Langdon's activities as Chaplain of the American Army in Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1775 August 15 (manuscript copy, [1896?]) Digital Object
Summary of Samuel Langdon's activities as Chaplain of the American Army in Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1775 August 15 (manuscript copy, [1896?]) Digital Object

Memorandum of lands owned in Rochester by Samuel Langdon, 1783 March 13 (twentieth-century photostat copy) Digital

Scope and Contents

Two pages of shorthand sermon notes are included on the same sheet.

Memorandum of lands owned in Rochester by Samuel Langdon, 1783 March 13 (twentieth-century photostat copy) Digital Object
Memorandum of lands owned in Rochester by Samuel Langdon, 1783 March 13 (twentieth-century photostat copy) Digital Object

Receipt to Samuel Langdon from the selectmen of Hampton Falls for salary, 1790 March 4 Digital

Receipt to Samuel Langdon from the selectmen of Hampton Falls for salary, 1790 March 4 Digital Object
Receipt to Samuel Langdon from the selectmen of Hampton Falls for salary, 1790 March 4 Digital Object