The diary of William Bentley, D.D., pastor of the East Church, Salem, Massachusetts.

"Bibliography, compiled b Alice G. Waters": v. 1, p. xxxvii-x1.

A discourse on the life and character of the late Hon. Leverett Saltonstall, delivered in the North church, Salem, Mass., Sunday, May 18, 1845.

Mode of access: Internet.

Correspondence between the First Church and the Tabernacle Church in Salem : in which the duties of churches are discussed and the rights of conscience vindicated.

Mode of access: Internet.

The preaching of the word : a sermon delivered at the institution of the Rev. Charles Mason, into the Rectorship of St. Peter's Church, Salem, May 31, 1837 /

"Printed at the request of the Wardens and Vestry of St. Peter's Chuch, Salem."

A sermon, delivered at the ordination of Rev. Oliver Hayward, to the pastoral care of the East Church and parish in Barnstable, Nov. 8, l8l5.

Published at the request of the Committee in behalf of the Society.

Puritan morals defended : a discourse delivered at the dedication of the Crombie Street Church in Salem, (formerly Salem Theatre,) and the installation of the Rev. William Williams, November 22, 1832 /

Contains also: Charge to the pastor, by Rev. Gardner B. Perry, p. [31]-33; Fellowship of the churches, by Rev. Milton P. Braman, p. [34]-35.

Biographical sketch of Col. David Mason of Salem, Mass. /

"Reprinted from the Historical Collections of the Essex Institute, volume XLVIII."

Principles of Congregationalism : the Second century lecture of the First Church.

Mode of access: Internet.

Principles of the Reformation. A sermon preached November 16, 1826, at the dedication of the house of public worship of the First Congregational Society in Salem. ...

Appendix, pp.[50]-62, contains a "Brief historical sketch of the First Church in Salem," with an illustration of the meeting-house built in 1718.

Principles of the Reformation. A sermon preached at the dedication of the house of public worship of the First Congregational Society in Salem, November 16, 1826.

Appendix, pp.[40]-48, contains a "Brief historical sketch of the First Church in Salem."

Report of the Trustees of the Salem Public Library, Salem, Mass. /

Mode of access: Internet.

Poems copied by James Diman, ca. 1730-1733

Small pamphlet-sized notebook containing handwritten transcriptions of three poems copied by James Diman, likely in the early 1730s. The notebook contains "The Catholic Remedy. to ye Tune of To all you Ladies, not at land &c.," "Father Ab--y's Will. Col. Sweeper Camb: Dec. 1731," and "The Poet's Lamentation for ye Loss of his cat, w'ch he used to call his Muse" copied from the London Magazine, November 1733. The "Catholic Remedy" begins "You Peope who desire to mend / your Desperate Estate..." and includes the note, "Made upon A--D--'s goving over to take orders. The note refers to the voyage of Addington Davenport (Harvard AB 1719) to England join the priesthood of the Church of England in 1730. "Father Ab--y's Will" begins "To my dear Wife, / My joy and Life..." and was a humorous poem published in 1731 after the death of Harvard College Sweeper Matthew Abdy, and attributed to Jonathan Seccombe (Harvard AB 1728). The "Poet's Lamentation" begins "Oppress'd with Grief, in heavy strains I mourn..." and was written by Joseph Green (Harvard AB 1726) as a parody of a psalm composed by Mather Byles (Harvard AB 1725). Pages 10-12, holding part of "Father Ab--y's Will" are missing, and pages 13-15 are no longer attached to the item.

The confession of faith, covenant, and principles of discipline and practice of the Union Church in Groton, Mass.

Mode of access: Internet.

A short correspondence between the Howard Street Church and an aggrieved member.

Mode of access: Internet.

A sermon, delivered January 1, 1822, at the ordination of the Rev. Joseph Bennet [i.e. Bennett], to the pastoral care of the Congregational Church and Society in Woburn, Mass. ...

Pages [33]-39 contain: The charge to the people, by the Rev. Jacob Coggin, of Tewksbury. Coggin's charge to the people was also issued separately.