Research Catalog

Title

The works of William E. Channing, D.D.

Author

Channing, William Ellery, 1780-1842

Publication

• Boston : James Munroe and Co., 1848.
• New-York : C.S. Francis and Co., 1848.
• Boston : Printed by Munroe and Francis, 1848.

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Additional Authors

• James Munroe and Company, publisher.
• C.S. Francis & Co., publisher.
• Munroe & Francis, printer.
• New York Public Library stamp, former owner.
• Schomburg Collection of Negro Literature and History, Bookplate.
• Ford Collection.
• MssDiv. copy in Osborne Collection.

Description

6 volumes; 20 cm

Donor/Sponsor

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

Subject

• Unitarianism
• Unitarian Universalist churches
• Theology > History > 19th century
• Slavery > United States

Genre/Form

• Inscriptions (Provenance)
• Bookplates (Provenance)

Indexed In (note)

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

Provenance (note)

• 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.

Contents

• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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

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

LCCN

48040424

OCLC

298112014

Author

Channing, William Ellery, 1780-1842, author.

Title

The works of William E. Channing, D.D.

Publisher

Boston : James Munroe and Co., 1848.

New-York : C.S. Francis and Co., 1848.

Manufacturer

Boston : Printed by Munroe and Francis, 1848.

Edition

8th complete ed., with an introduction.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Indexed In:

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

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

Local Note

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.

Source

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

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Place of Publication

United States Massachusetts Boston.

United States New York (State) New York.

Added Author

James Munroe and Company, publisher.

C.S. Francis & Co., publisher.

Munroe & Francis, printer.

New York Public Library stamp, former owner.

Schomburg Collection of Negro Literature and History, Bookplate.

Ford Collection.

MssDiv. copy in Osborne Collection.

Reddick, Lawrence Dunbar, 1910-1995, Curator.

Other Form:

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

Research Call Number

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

NBG (Channing, W. E. Works of W. E. Channing. 1848)

Mss Div Osborne Sealts 130