Title

A Discourse Delivered at Brunswick, Maine, April 6, 1820, the Day of the Annual Fast in Maine and Massachusetts

Authors

Asa Cummings

Files

Description

Text of a sermon delivered by Reverend Asa Cummings on the state of Maine's first Day of Public Fasting, April 6, 1820 which includes references to the moral issue of slavery, which played a role in the establishment of Maine as a free state. Cummings (1790-1856) was a Congregationalist minister born in Andover, Massachusetts. He graduated from Andover Theological Seminary in 1820 and held the pastorate in Yarmouth, Maine from 1821 to 1825. He served as editor of the Christian Mirror newspaper following his retirement from the ministry.

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Publication Date

4-6-1820

Publisher

Joseph Griffin

City

Brunswick, ME

Keywords

Early American Religion, 18th Century Sermons

Disciplines

Religion | Rhetoric and Composition | United States History

Comments

Pamp 1389 Vickery

Recommended Citation

Cummings, Asa, "A Discourse Delivered at Brunswick, Maine, April 6, 1820, the Day of the Annual Fast in Maine and Massachusetts" (1820). Maine Bicentennial. 39.
https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/mainebicentennial/39