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Additional authors

1. James Munroe and Company, publisher
2. C.S. Francis & Co., publisher
3. Munroe & Francis, printer
4. New York Public Library stamp, former owner
5. Schomburg Collection of Negro Literature and History, Bookplate
6. Ford Collection
7. MssDiv. copy in Osborne Collection
8. Reddick, Lawrence Dunbar, 1910-1995, Curator

Description

1. 6 volumes; 20 cm

Donor/Sponsor

1. Home to Harlem Project funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation (2021-2024).

Subject

1. Unitarianism.
2. Unitarian Universalist churches.
3. Theology -- History -- 19th century.
4. Slavery -- United States.
5. Unitarianism.

Genre/Form

1. Inscriptions (Provenance)
2. Bookplates (Provenance)

Contents

1. Volume I : Remarks on the character and writings of John Milton -- Remarks on the life and character of Napoleon Bonaparte -- Remarks on the character and writings of Fenelon -- The moral argument against Calvinism -- Remarks on national literature -- Remarks on associations -- The Union -- Remarks on education.
2. Volume II : Slavery : Property -- Rights -- Explanations -- The evil of slavery -- Scripture -- Means of removing slavery -- Abolitionism -- Duties -- The abolitionists, &c. -- On the annexation of Texas to the United States -- On Catholicism, &c. -- On creeds -- Address on temperance -- Self-culture.
3. Volume III : Preaching Christ : discourse at the ordination of the Rev. John Emery Abbot -- War : discourse before the Congregational ministers of Massachusetts -- Unitarian Christianity : discourse at the ordination of the Rev. Jared Sparks -- The evidence of revealed religion : discourse before the University in Cambridge -- The demands of the age on the ministry : discourse at the ordination of the Rev. E. S. Gannett -- Unitarian Christianity most favorable to piety : discourse at the dedication of the Second Congregational Unitarian Church in New York -- The great purpose of Christianity : discourse at the installation of the Rev. M. I. Motte -- Likeness to God : discourse at the ordination of the Rev. F. A. Farley -- The Christian ministry : discourse at the dedication of the Divinity Hall, Cambridge -- The duties of children -- Honor due to all men -- The evidences of Christianity.
4. Volume IV : Character of Christ -- Christianity : a rational religion -- Spiritual freedom : discourse at the Annual Election. May 26, 1830 -- Self-denial -- The imitableness of Christ's character -- The evil of sin -- Immortality -- Love to Christ -- Love to Christ -- The future life -- War -- Ministry for the poor : discourse before the Benevolent Fraternity of Churches -- Christian worship : discourse at the dedication of the Unitarian Congregational Church, Newport, Rhode Island -- The Sunday-school : discourse pronounced before the Sunday-School Society -- The philanthropist : a tribute to the memory of the Rev. Noah Worcester, D. D.
5. Volume V : Remarks on the slavery question, in a letter to Jonathan Phillips, Esq. : 1839 -- Lecture on war : 1839 -- Lectures on the elevation of the laboring portion of the community : 1840 -- Discourse occasioned by the death of the Rev. Dr. Follen : 1840 -- Charge : on preaching the Gospel to the poor--at the ordination o Charles Barnard and Frederick T. Gray, as ministers at large -- Charge for the ordination of the Rev. Robert C. Waterston, as minster at large : Nov. 24. 1839 -- Charge at the ordination of the Rev. John Sullivan Dwight : May 20, 1840 -- Miscellanies -- Appendix : On increasing the means of theological education at the university in Cambridge -- The system of exclusion and denunciations in religion considered -- Objections to Unitarian Christianity considered -- Duties of the citizen in times of trial or danger -- Notice of the Rev. S. C. Thacher.
6. Volume VI : Emancipation: 1840 -- Discourse on the life and character of the Rev. Joseph Tuckerman, D. D. : 1841 -- The present age : an address delivered before the Mercantile Library Company of Philadelphia, 1841 -- The church : a discourse delivered in the First Congregational Unitarian Church of Philadelphia, 1841 -- The duty of the free states; or remarks suggested by the case of Creole : 1842 -- An address delivered at Lenox on the first of August, 1842, being the anniversary of emancipation in the British West Indies.

Call number

1. Sc Rare 208-C (Channing, W. E. Works of W. E. Channing. 1848)

Language

1. English

Indexed in (note)

1. New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Schomburg Collection of Negro Literature & History. Boston: G. K. Hall.

Provenance (note)

1. Copy in Sc Rare -208 C; vol. 1 - 6 includes "The New York Public Library: Circulation Department: Reference collection of Negro Literature" bookplate on front pastedown on page [2] of cover.

Local note

1. The Schomburg Center's Manuscripts, Archives & Rare Book Division's copy in Sc Rare - 208 C v. 1 - 6 (accession no. G09896, G09895, G09897-G09900) are gifts from the Circulation Department of the 135 Street Branch. They include stamps of: " The New York Public Library: Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundations R 1922 L" with a specific number for each volume: 48732A, 48723A - 48727A; and also "Division of Negro Literature and History," "Property of the City of New York," and "The New York Public Library: Circulation Department, 135 Street Branch, 103 West 135th St. stamps on several parts of the book; Vol. 1: inscribed in ink on the recto of the first endleaf: "Samuel Shaw [?] with the true wishes of his [Spectacle? father...];" vol 4: also available on Microfilm. These volumes are Imperfect: they lack original cover; treated; bound in red cloth over boards library binding, and gilt spine. Originally parts of the Circulation Department of the 135 Street Branch; Added to the collection (July 3, 1942 -- G. K. Hall) when Catherine A. Latimer was the collection librarian, and Lawrence Reddick was the Curator.

Author

1. Channing, William Ellery, 1780-1842, author.

Edition

1. 8th complete ed., with an introduction.

Type of content

1. text

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. volume

Indexed in:

1. New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Schomburg Collection of Negro Literature & History. Boston: G. K. Hall., v. 2, page 1311, column 2, row 3

Provenance

1. Copy in Sc Rare -208 C; vol. 1 - 6 includes "The New York Public Library: Circulation Department: Reference collection of Negro Literature" bookplate on front pastedown on page [2] of cover. NN

Source

1. Copy in Sc Rare -208 C v. 1 - 6; Gift; G09896, G09895, G09897-G09900. NN

Connect to:

1. NYPL Digital Collections
2. Request Access to Special Collections Material
3. Full text available via HathiTrust - 1911 v.101
4. Full text available via HathiTrust - v.4

Place of publication

1. United States Massachusetts Boston.
2. United States New York (State) New York.

Added author

1. James Munroe and Company, publisher.
2. C.S. Francis & Co., publisher.
3. Munroe & Francis, printer.
4. New York Public Library stamp, former owner.
5. Schomburg Collection of Negro Literature and History, Bookplate.
6. Ford Collection.
7. MssDiv. copy in Osborne Collection.
8. Reddick, Lawrence Dunbar, 1910-1995, Curator.

Other form:

1. Online version: Channing, William Ellery, 1780-1842. Works. 1848. Works of William E. Channing, D.D. 8th complete ed., with an introduction. Boston : James Munroe and Co. ; New-York : C.S. Francis and Co., 1848 (OCoLC)793601415

LCCN

1. 48040424