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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Letter [manuscript]: Fort Dummer, [Vt.], to Jonathan Ashley, Deerfield, [Mass.], 1746 June 13 |
| Author | Ashley, Joseph (1709-1797) |
| Date | View date in the chronology |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Description | From the Newberry Library Catalogue: June 13, 1746, letter from Joseph Ashley at Fort Dummer, to his first cousin, Jonathan Ashley, a minister at Deerfield, Mass. Ashley refers to his continuing status as pastor at Winchester, though the settlement had dispersed, which made it impossible for him to accept another position. He also notes that he would not continue long as chaplain (presumably at Fort Dummer) and that "it is difficult to know at all times what is one’s duty to do". On the verso are Jonathan Ashley’s notes for a sermon delivered at Northfield and Deerfield in 1750, and at Greenfield in 1761. |
| Names | Ashley, Joseph (1709-1797) |
| Places | Arlington, New Hampshire, Winchester, Vermont, Fort Dummer, Deerfield, Northfield, Massachusetts, United States; Canada |
| Keywords | King George's War, war, military, religion, sermon, settlement, fort |
| Theme | Missionaries and Education; Military Encounters: Conflicts, Rebellions and Alliances |
| Culture Area | Northeast |
| Additional Information | Congregational clergyman and graduate of Yale College, Joseph Ashley assumed a pastorship in Arlington in 1736 (later named Winchester) in southwestern New Hampshire (now Vermont). In 1746, during King George’s War, the settlement was broken up by the Indians, but Ashley was not dismissed from his post until 1747. That year he was appointed to a ministry in Sunderland, Mass., where he remained until his death in 1797. He was the first cousin of Jonathon Ashley. |
| Library | The Newberry Library |
| Copyright | The Newberry Library |
| Collection | The Edward E. Ayer Collection |
| Reference | VAULT box Ayer MS 34 |
| Catalogue Link | The Newberry Library Catalogue |