- Title
- Winchester, Elhanan, 1751-1797 ; Letters, 1786
- Winchester, Elhanan, 1751-1797, creator
- Massachusetts
- These two letters were written by Winchester in 1786 and mailed together to Zephaniah Andrews, 1738-1816, of Providence, Rhode Island.
- 2 letters
- English
- government publication
- Books and documents
- Winchester, Elhanan
Universalism
Andrews, Zephaniah - Electronic finding aid available: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:DIV.LIB:div00743
- Elhanan Winchester, 1751-1797, was one of the founders of the U.S. General Convention of Universalists, later the Universalist Church of America. He was the self-educated son of a farmer. As a youth, he joined the Baptists, and in 1771 he was ordained a Baptist minister in Rehoboth, Massachusetts. In 1774 he traveled to South Carolina to accept a position which he left upon the death of his first wife. Winchester was an itinerant preacher, and one of the first to share the gospel openly with slaves. He settled in Philadelphia, and then moved to London, England. He was there for seven years, and then returned to Philadelphia, where he ministered from 1795-1796. He traveled to Connecticut to preach, and died there in 1797.
- Colonial North American Project at Harvard University
- Harvard Divinity School Library, Harvard University
- 990142486270203941
- Title
- Winchester, Elhanan, 1751-1797 ; Letters, 1786
- Creator / Contributor
- Winchester, Elhanan, 1751-1797, creator
- Place of Origin
- Massachusetts
- Description
- These two letters were written by Winchester in 1786 and mailed together to Zephaniah Andrews, 1738-1816, of Providence, Rhode Island.
- Extent
- 2 letters
- Language
- English
- Genre
- government publication
- Digital Format
- Books and documents
- Subjects
- Winchester, Elhanan
Universalism
Andrews, Zephaniah - Notes
- Electronic finding aid available: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:DIV.LIB:div00743
- Biographical / Historical Note
- Elhanan Winchester, 1751-1797, was one of the founders of the U.S. General Convention of Universalists, later the Universalist Church of America. He was the self-educated son of a farmer. As a youth, he joined the Baptists, and in 1771 he was ordained a Baptist minister in Rehoboth, Massachusetts. In 1774 he traveled to South Carolina to accept a position which he left upon the death of his first wife. Winchester was an itinerant preacher, and one of the first to share the gospel openly with slaves. He settled in Philadelphia, and then moved to London, England. He was there for seven years, and then returned to Philadelphia, where he ministered from 1795-1796. He traveled to Connecticut to preach, and died there in 1797.
- Series
- Colonial North American Project at Harvard University
- Repository
- Harvard Divinity School Library, Harvard University
- Record ID
- 990142486270203941
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