Nathaniel Appleton

Nathaniel Appleton
Nathaniel Appleton, portrait by John Singleton Copley
Born (1693-12-09)9 December 1693
New York City
Died 9 February 1784(1784-02-09) (aged 90)
Nationality American
Occupation minister

Nathaniel Appleton (9 December 1693 – 9 February 1784) was a Congregational minister.

Life

Appleton was born in Ipswich, Massachusetts. He was educated at Harvard, taking his degree in 1712, studied theology, and was ordained on 9 October 1717, succeeding William Brattle as Congregational minister. From 1717 to 1779 he was one of the corporation of Harvard University. He published sermons and occasional discourses. He died, aged 90, in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Writings

  • A Thanksgiving sermon on the total repeal of the Stamp-Act, preached in Cambridge, New-England, May 20th, in the afternoon preceding the public rejoicings of the evening upon that great occasion (Boston: Printed and sold by Edes and Gill, 1766)[1]

See also


References

  1. ↑ APPLETON, Nathaniel (1766). A Thanksgiving Sermon on the Total Repeal of the Stamp-Act, preached in Cambridge, New England, etc. Boston: Edes & Gill.
  •  Wilson, James Grant; Fiske, John, eds. (1900). "Appleton, Nathaniel". Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography. New York: D. Appleton.


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