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Daniel Grosvenor, born in Pomfret, Conn., graduated from Yale in 1769. He was ordained pastor of the Congregational Church in Grafton, Mass., in 1774. The following year he marched to Cambridge with his town's minutemen to meet the British troops returning from Lexington and Concord. Since his student days Grosvenor's health had been fragile, and in 1788 he was forced to resign his pulpit. He continued to live in Grafton until his health improved and in 1794 accepted a pastorate in nearby Paxton. After eight years his health again failed. He resigned his position and moved to Petersham, remaining there and occasionally preaching until his death.
Letters of Daniel Grosvenor, Massachusetts Congregational minister, to his son Moses Gill Grosvenor.
This group of letters, written late in Grosvenor's life, are directed to the youngest of his ten children, Moses Gill Grosvenor, while he was a student at Andover Theological Seminary. The letters are pious, affectionate, and rambling; but they provide an interesting view of an early nineteenth century Massachusetts family.
Gift of Oliver Grosvenor, 1973
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