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Reverend James Taylor Papers, 1808-1832Finding aid prepared by Graham Leach-Krouse.Encoding funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.© 2003
Biographical NoteReverend James Taylor, a Trustee of Amherst College from its beginnings in 1821 until 1831, was born in Westfield, Massachusetts, the son of Colonel James Taylor, in 1783. He graduated at Williams College in 1803 and studied theology with Reverend John Taylor of Deerfield. He married John Taylor's eldest daughter, Elizabeth Terry, on July 22, 1807 and settled in Sunderland, Massachusetts. On October 11, 1831, after a ministry of nearly 25 years at the Congregational church in Sunderland, James Taylor died at the age of 48. The church prospered greatly under his ministry and enjoyed several powerful revivals of religion, especially in the years 1816 and 1831. He early became interested in the founding of Amherst College from his membership in the Franklin Association and from his acquaintance with Colonel Rufus Graves, another founder and benefactor of the College. Taylor's wife died on the day of her husband's burial leaving a large family of children. Return to the Table of Contents Scope and Contents of the CollectionSermons, accounts, legal papers, and leather folder belonging to Reverend James Taylor. Return to the Table of Contents Search TermsReturn to the Table of Contents Organization of the CollectionThis collection is organized into two series: Return to the Table of Contents Series 1: SERMONSSeries 1, SERMONS, contains 60 booklets of sermons, as well as one loose sermon in a Leather Folder used for sermon notes.
SERIES 2: FINANCIAL AND LEGAL PAPERSSeries 2, FINANCIAL AND LEGAL PAPERS, consist of legal documents relating to Taylor's estate: papers inventory, Probate Court orders, and a Certificate of American Bible Society, as well as a book of accounts from 1808.
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