HANDWRITTEN SERMON, possibly by Ebenezer Grant Marsh (per a previous owner). [NEW HAVEN, CT], 1799.

HANDWRITTEN SERMON addressed to sinners, possibly by Ebenezer Grant Marsh, an instructor in Hebrew at Yale. Marsh is known for his preaching during the Yale Campus Revival of 1802, the first of several college revivals to spread in the early 19th century.

Dated 1799 by the sermon writer on the cover page. A previous owner also wrote "Rev. Ebenezer Grant" in pencil on the cover page. I have no other reference as to who might have written this sermon, having not carefully read its every page.

Self made, folded paper, sewn binding, small 4x6.25 inch format, 22 leaves (44 pages). The 38 pages are hand-numbered in the upper corner. There are also 4 pages written upside down in-between pages 37 and 38, numbered 1 to 4, possibly the start of a new sermon.

FAIR condition: Toning, soiling, separation and chipping at the spine fold, folds tender and with holes but currently holding, corner loss to a few leaves affect some words, light edge losses to outer leaves. Please see photos.

About EBENEZER GRANT MARSH (from Columbia University Libraries, Marsh Family manuscripts):

******Ebenezer Grant Marsh, b.1777 d.1803, both at Wethersfield, CT. He was the son of Rev. John Marsh, and was noted as an outstanding young scholar, becoming a graduate instructor in Hebrew at Yale in 1798. He was licensed by the New Haven East Association of Ministers to preach, and was a preacher on campus during the Revival of 1802, the same year in which he was appointed Professor in Languages and Ecclesiastical History. He died in 1803 from "acute complications from cancer".******