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| Maker(s): | Forward, Justus | | Culture: | British; American (1730-1814)
| | Title: | Exercise book
| | Date Made: | 1753
| | Type: | Document
| | Materials: | ink on paper
| | Place Made: | North America; United States; Connecticut; New Haven; Yale University
| | Measurements: | Overall: 7 11/16 in x 6 3/8 in; 19.5 cm x 16.2 cm
| | Accession Number: | MH SK D.F.6
| | Credit Line: | Joseph Allen Skinner Museum, Mount Holyoke College
| | Museum Collection: | The Joseph Allen Skinner Museum at Mount Holyoke College
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Description:
An exercise book of Justus Forward's while he was studying for the ministry at Yale College, pages 3 to 58. The teaching was in the form of student debates on theological questions. This book starts: "August 20th 1753. Monday. Question No. 50. Is it the duty of an unconverted man to preach the Gospel." Rev. Justus Forward was later minister at "Belchertown."
Label Text:
Articles in Grindall Rawson Museum: No. 60. Old manuscripts - 1753, etc.
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