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Preferred Citation:

George W. Chesbrough Diary, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary

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Accessioned and minimally processed by Benjamin Bromley in March 2012.

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Scope and Contents

Diary, 1851, of George W. Chesbrough, a Methodist minister from Niagara County, New York. Concerns Chesbrough's teaching of sabbath school, preaching, and attendence at religious conferences along the Lake Erie coast. Also details the people with whom he met, primarily other ministers, Bible passages upon which he wrote sermons, and the chores he did.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Clergy
• Clergy--United States--Diaries
• Diaries
• Methodist Church--New York (State)
• New York (State)--Description and travel
• New York (State)--Social life and customs