Sermons on various subjects preached at Apoquiniminck in the year 1765 : manuscript
Scope and Content Note
This holograph booklet was written by Philip Reading, an Episcopal minister in New Castle County, Delaware, in 1765, and contains sermons on "Various subjects." The first page of the booklet features a table of contents listing the page numbers of several sermons. The sermons are titled "On the Love of God," "On the Love of our Neighbour," "On the Love of our Brother," "On the Love of the World," and "On the Love of ourselves."
Dates
- Creation: 1765
Creator
- Reading, Philip, 1720-1778 (Person)
Language of Materials
Materials entirely in English.
Access Restrictions
The collection is open for research.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction
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Biographical and Historical Note
Philip Reading (1720-1778) was an Anglican clergyman sent to the American colonies by the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel (SPG). He served as the priest of St. Anne’s Church in Apoquiniminck (present day Appoquinimink Hundred in Delaware) from 1746-1778. The SPG was established in London in 1701 through a charter from King William III. The organization was created as a vehicle for sending priests and teachers to North America, in order to improve and expand the ministry of the Church of England to the colonists.
Thompson, Henry Paget.Into All Lands: The History of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, 1701-1950. London: S.P.C.K., 1951. Further biographical and historical information derived from the collection.
Extent
1 item (80 pages)
Abstract
This holograph booklet was written by Philip Reading, an Episcopal minister and missionary in New Castle County, Delaware, in 1765, and contains five sermons on various subjects, including "On the Love of God," "On the Love of our Neighbor," "On the Love of our Brother," "On the Love of the World," and "On the Love of ourselves."
Source
Purchase, 1975.
Materials Available in Alternative Format
A digitized copy of this item is available at the University of Delaware Digital Institutional Repository
Shelving Summary
- Box 5, F0130: Shelved in SPEC MSS 0098 manuscript boxes
Processing
Processed and encoded by E. Evan Echols, June 2012. Further encoded by George Apodaca, July 2015.
Subject
- Reading, Philip, 1720-1778 (Person)
- Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts (Great Britain) (Organization)
Genre / Form
Geographic
Occupation
Topical
- Title
- Finding aid for Sermons on various subjects preached at Apoquiniminck in the year 1765 : manuscript
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- University of Delaware Library, Special Collections
- Date
- 2012 June 28
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the University of Delaware Library Special Collections Repository