Biographical Sketch of Rev. Alfred Goldsmith (14 Dec 1809 - 1 Mar 1887)

Alfred Goldsmith
Title
Biographical Sketch of Rev. Alfred Goldsmith (14 Dec 1809 - 1 Mar 1887)
Rights
Public Domain
Creator
Nehemiah Cleaveland
Description
Capsule biography of the Reverend Goldsmith, who led the Congregational Church in Little Compton, RI. Thomas Burgess and his daughter Ruth Burgess were involved in "coming out" of the church when Rev. Goldsmith refused to preach against slavery. This biographical sketch indicates that he studied with Rev. Kirk who, for a time, was anti-slavery.
Format
Class Notes entry, College Guide
Language
English
Place
Attended Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine
Held pastorate in Little Compton, Rhode Island
Also was a pastor in Connecticut, Massachusetts, and New York
Fleur-de-Lys Studio, Providence - Sydney BurleighRhode Island
Maine upon Statehood, 1820, Moses GreenleafMaine
Old Man of the Mountain U.S. Stamp 1950sNew Hampshire
Fanueil Hall, BostonMassachusetts - Boston and eastern Massachusetts
East Douglas, Massachusetts, by L.R. Burleigh, 1880sMassachusetts - Central
Windham County Map 1856Connecticut - Eastern
Publisher
Nehemiah Cleaveland, _History of Bowdoin College and Biographical Sketches of the Graduates from 1808 to 1870, inclusive._ Edited and completed by Alpheus Spring Packard. Boston: James Ripley Osgood & Company, 1882.
Relation
Thomas Burgess
Ruth Burgess BurleighRuth Burgess Burleigh
Item sets
Burleigh Resources ALL
Site pages
Ruth Burgess Burleigh: Abolitionist and Poetic Partner to George
Media
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