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George Putnam
George Putnam was a nineteenth-century American clergyman whose sermonic works engaged with the theological and political concerns of antebellum New England. His public addresses, including those delivered before state officials, reflect the role of Protestant ministers in shaping moral discourse during a period of significant social and religious transformation in the United States. Putnam's contributions to pulpit oratory exemplify the intersection of ecclesiastical authority and civic responsibility in early American religious life.
From A Sermon Delivered Before His Excellency George N. Briggs, Governor
PUTNAM A Sermon. REV. GEORGE PUTNAM'S 1846. DELIVERED HE FORE HIS EXCELLENCY GEORGE N. BRIGGS, GOVERNOR, HIS HONOR JOHN REED, LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR, THE HONORABLE COUNCIL, AI»D THE LEGISLATURE OF MASSACHUSETTS, THE ANNUAL ELECTION, WEDNESDAY, JAN. 7, 1846. BY GEORGE PUTNAM, Minister of the First Church in Roxbury. Boston: DUTTON AND WENTWORTH, PRINTERS TO THB STATE, 1846. LIBRARY UNIVERSITY OF CA COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, January 8, 1846. Ordered, That Messrs. Page of New Bedford, Seaver of Boston, and Jones of Roxbury, be a Committee to present the thanks of the House of Representatives to the Rev. GEORGE PUTNAM, D. D., for the Discourse yesterday delivered by him before the Government of the Commonwealth, and to request a copy thereof for the press. CHAS. W. STOREY, Clerk. SERMON. CXIX Psalm, 46. I WILL SPEAK OF THY TESTIMONIES ALSO BEFORE KINGS, AND WILL NOT BE ASHAMED. THE Legislators and highest…
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