Author : Franklin Bowditch Dexter
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ISBN 13 : 9781332021185
Total Pages : 686 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (211 download)
Book Synopsis The Literary Diary of Ezra Stiles, D.D., LL. D, Vol. 1 by : Franklin Bowditch Dexter
Download or read book The Literary Diary of Ezra Stiles, D.D., LL. D, Vol. 1 written by Franklin Bowditch Dexter and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-27 with total page 686 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Literary Diary of Ezra Stiles, D.D., LL. D, Vol. 1: President of Yale College; January 1, 1769 March 13, 1776 Ezra Stiles, the author of the following Diary, was the son of the Rev. Isaac Stiles, of the parish of North Haven, in New Haven, Connecticut, by his first wife Kezia Taylor, and was born on November 29th, 1727. He was graduated at Yale College in 1746, and then pursued further studies in New Haven. He was licensed to preach on the 28th of May, 1749, and the same week entered on a tutorship in Yale College, which he retained until his acceptance of a call to the pastorate of the Second Congregational Church in Newport, Rhode Island, where he was ordained and installed, on October 22,1755. The following Diary was begun there in 1769. He married, February 10, 1757, Elizabeth, daughter of Colonel John Hubbard, of New Haven; and at the date of the opening of this Diary had the following children: Elizabeth, or Betsey, born April, 1758; Ezra, born March, 1759; Kezia, born September, 1760; Emilia, born April, 1762; Isaac, born August, 1763; Ruth, born August, 1765; Mary, or Polly, born August, 1767. He was of a slight physical frame, - his height, 5 feet, 41/2 inches, his weight under 130 pounds. He received the degree of Doctor of Divinity from the University of Edinburgh in 1765. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
