Guide to the Samuel Hopkins letter, 1770
Redwood Library and Athenaeum
50 Bellevue Avenue
Newport, RI 02840
Tel: (401) 847-0292
Fax: (401) 841-5680
email: redwood@redwoodlibrary.org
Published in 2014
Collection Overview
| Title: | Samuel Hopkins letter |
| Date range: | 1770 |
| Creator: | Hopkins, Samuel, 1721-1803 |
| Extent: | 0.01 linear feet (1 folder) |
| Abstract: | Letter from Samuel Hopkins (1721-1803), theologian and pastor at the First Congregational Church of Newport, Rhode Island, to Susanna Anthony (1726-1791) of Newport. |
| Language of materials: | English |
| Repository: | Redwood Library and Athenaeum |
| Collection number: | RLC.Ms.564 |
Scope & content
This collection consists of one letter from Samuel Hopkins while away in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, to his friend, Susanna Anthony, in Newport, Rhode Island, on April 24, 1770. In this letter, Hopkins describes how he misses Newport and should be back by the middle of May.Access Points
Subject Names Subject Topics Geographical Names Subject Topics Document TypesArrangement
This collection is arranged in chronological order.
Biographical note
Samuel Hopkins (1721-1803) was born in Waterbury, Connecticut, on September 17, 1721. He graduated from Yale in 1741 and later earned his Doctor of Divinity in 1802. Hopkins studied divinity in Northampton, Massachusetts, with Jonathan Edwards (1703-1758) and together, along with Joseph Bellamy (1719-1790), created a new form of Calvinist theology known as the New Divinity, Hopkinsianism, or Edwardseanism. From 1743 through 1769, Hopkins was the pastor of the New Parish of Sheffield in Housatonic, Massachusetts, but was dismissed due to a lack of funds. Hopkins next moved to Newport where he preached at the First Congregational Church for over thirty years. While in Newport, Hopkins became friends with Susanna Anthony (1726-1791), an unmarried diarist, whose entries were later excerpted by Hopkins in his book, The life and character of Miss Susanna Anthony. Samuel Hopkins died on December 20, 1803, in Newport.Access & Use
| Access to the collection: | Access is open to members and researchers at the Redwood Library and Athenaeum. |
| Use of the materials: | This collection is owned by the Redwood Library and Athenaeum. Permission to publish materials must be obtained in writing from the Special Collections Librarian of the Redwood Library and Athenaeum. |
| Preferred citation: | Samuel Hopkins letter, RLC.Ms.564, Redwood Library and Athenaeum. |
| Contact information: | Redwood Library and Athenaeum 50 Bellevue Avenue Newport, RI 02840 Tel: (401) 847-0292 Fax: (401) 841-5680 email: redwood@redwoodlibrary.org |
Administrative Information
| ABOUT THE COLLECTION | |
| Acquisition: | Gift of Helen Lanier, May 8, 1968 |
| Custodial history: | The donor purchased this document from the Charles E. Feinberg sale at the Parke-Bernet Galleries in New York on April 2, 1968. |
| Processing information: | Prior to processing in 2014, this document was framed and found within the Steel Cabinet collection: Drawer 15. This document was removed from its frame on June 25, 2013. |
| ABOUT THE FINDING AID | |
| Author: | Finding aid prepared by Elizabeth Delmage. |
| Encoding: | Finding aid encoded by Elizabeth Delmage 2014 October 01 |
| Descriptive rules: | Finding aid based on Describing Archives: A Content Standard (DACS) |
| Sponsor: | Funding for processing and cataloging this collection was provided by the van Beuren Charitable Foundation. |
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Inventory
| Manuscripts Box 2 | Letter to Miss Susanna Anthony |
1770 Apr 24 |