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Contains 30 Results:
Biddeford, Maine, town clerk: marriage intention of Ivory Hovey (1714-1803) and Olive Jordan., 1738 February 6
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 2
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From the Sub-Group:
The family material includes four letters from Ivory Hovey’s sons, Dominicus (b. 1740), Ivory III (b. 1748), and Samuel (b. 1750), who took part in or witnessed notable events of the Revolution. They described evacuation of New York (1783), Siege of Boston (1775-1776), the reading of the Declaration of Independence to the troops, and the American retreat from Ticonderoga. Ivory also received a letter in 1781 from his daughter, Olive (Hovey) Pope (b. 1746), living in Wells, Maine, that...
Dates:
1738 February 6
Church Council. Little Compton, R.I.: examination of complaints against installation of Othnaiel Campbell (1696-1778) over the Church of Christ, Tiverton, R.I., 1746 September 30
File — Box: 1, Folder: 11
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Invites Whitefield to preach at Mattapoisett.
Dates:
1746 September 30
Letter by Ivory Hovey (1714-1803) from Rochester (Mattapoisett), Mass. to George Whitefield (1714-1770), 1747 August 5
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 12
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congratulations and advice on her recent marriage.
Dates:
1747 August 5
Letter by Ivory Hovey (1714-1803) from Rochester (Mattapoisett), Mass., to “Mrs. Bride”, 1749 January 12
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 13
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suggestions for support of his pulpit.
Dates:
1749 January 12
Letter by Ivory Hovey (1714-1803) from Rochester (Mattapoisett), Mass., to the Mattapoisett Precinct, 1752 November 13
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 14
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payments for support of his ministry.
Dates:
1752 November 13
Notice by Ivory Hovey (1714-1803) from Rochester (Mattapoisett), Mass., to his debtors, 1755 September 9
File — Box: 1, Folder: 15
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votes on requests by their pastor, Israel Cheever (1722-1811).
Dates:
1755 September 9
First Congregational Society. New Bedford, Mass. Meeting, Dartmouth, Mass., 1759 September
File — Box: 1, Folder: 16
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recommendations for dismissal of Ivory Hovey (1714-1803) as pastor of the First Congregational Church in that town.
Dates:
1759 September
Ecclesiastical Council. Mattapoisett, Mass. Meeting at Rochester (Mattapoisett), Mass., 1768 December 9
File — Box: 1, Folder: 17
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proposes his schedule of dismissal.
Dates:
1768 December 9
Letter by Ivory Hovey (1714-1803) from Rochester (Mattapoisett), Mass., to the Congregation of the first Congregation Church, Rochester, Mass., 1769 July 4
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 18
Scope and Contents
invitation to a lecture and dinner.
Dates:
1769 July 4
Letter by Jonathan Moore (1739-1814), Rochester (Mattapoisett), Mass., to Ivory Hovey (1714-1803), Rochester, Mass., 1769 September 9
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 19
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assures he will get sermons ordered from Boston when harbors thaw, plans to attend ministers’ association meeting.
Dates:
1769 September 9