Whitfield Harrington Manuscript Z/0451
The Whitfield Harrington Manuscript consists of three handwritten pages titled "Prayer for the New-Born Republic" and an envelope. The manuscript is possibly a draft of the prayer Harrington offered on January 9, 1861, after the Mississippi State Convention voted to pass the Ordinance of Secession. While the text of the prayer is not identical to the transcribed version included in the "Proceedings of the Mississippi State Convention Held January 7th to 26th, A.D. 1861," it is similar. The accompanying envelope is annotated.
Digitization of this collection was made possible by a grant through Lilly Endowment’s Religion and Cultural Institutions Initiative.
Read MoreThe Whitfield Harrington Manuscript consists of three handwritten pages titled "Prayer for the New-Born Republic" and an envelope. The manuscript is possibly a draft of the prayer Harrington offered on January 9, 1861, after the Mississippi State Convention voted to pass the Ordinance of Secession. While the text of the prayer is not identical to the transcribed version included in the "Proceedings of the Mississippi State Convention Held January 7th to 26th, A.D. 1861," it is similar. The accompanying envelope is annotated.
Digitization of this collection was made possible by a grant through Lilly Endowment’s Religion and Cultural Institutions Initiative.
