Hatch (Frederick Winslow) Sermons, 1816 – 1856, bulk 1816-1973

Summary

Title:

Frederick Winslow Hatch sermons

Dates:

1816 – 1856, bulk 1816-1973

Creators:

Hatch, Frederick Winslow, 1789-1862

Abstract:

Frederick Winslow Hatch, 1789-1862, was an Episcopal priest who served parishes in Fredericktown (1815-1819); Charlottesville, Virginia (1820-1830); Washington, DC (1830-1835); Poughkeepsie, New York (1836-1842?); Kenosha and Racine, Wisconsin (1843-1855); St. Louis, Missouri; and Marysville and Folsom, California. He was chaplain of the House of Representatives in 1830 and 1834. Arranged chronologically, the collection contains 62 handwritten sermons,

Extent:

2 2" boxes (.7 linear feet)

Language:

Languages represented in the collection: English

Preferred citation:

Frederick Winslow Hatch sermons, GTU 2011-1-01. Graduate Theological Union Archives, Berkeley, CA.

Background

Scope and content:

Hand written sermons from 1816 to 1858, a biographical essay by Katherine Hatch Yorys (great granddaughter), and two pamphlets on his churches.

Biographical / historical:

Frederick Winslow Hatch, 1789 – 1862, was born in Massachusetts. He studied under Bishop Thomas John Claggett in Baltimore, MD and was ordained by Claggett as a priest in the Protestant Episcopal Church in 1811. He served a succession of parishes, primarily Grace Church at Crismont, and Christ Church in Charlottesville, Virginia approximately 1820 – 1830. Thomas Jefferson was a member of Christ Church, Charlottesville, and designed the building, which no longer exists.

In 1830, Hatch was called to the National Church in Washington, D.C. and appointed Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives 1830 and 1834. He served in Poughkeepsie, NY, Southport (now Kenosha) and Racine, WI, and St. Louis, MO. Hatch’s oldest son, also named Frederick Winslow Hatch (1822 – 1885) became a medical doctor and moved to Sacramento, California in 1851. Hatch followed his son re-locating to California in 1856, serving in Marysville and Folsom. He died and was buried in Sacramento in 1862.

Though there is no specific documentation on how the collection came to the GTU Archives, it is presumed the collection was donated by Katharine Hatch Toevs (1913 – 2007), a great-granddaughter. Arranged chronologically, the collection contains 62 handwritten sermons, each bound in paper with the title written on the cover. The date and place the sermon was first preached is written at the end of each sermon. If the sermon was preached more than once, each subsequent date and place is noted on the back cover.

Acquisition information:

Though there is no specific documentation on how the collection came to the GTU Archives, it is presumed the collection was donated by Katharine Hatch Toevs (1913 – 2007), a great-granddaughter.

Arrangement:

Biographic information is found in Box 1, File Folder 1, followed by the 62 sermons. Then, two historical pamphlets, each mentioning F.W. Hatch: Robert B. Shackelford, Address on Occasion of Unveiling the Memorial Tablet to the Rectors of This Parish, 1747 – 1908: Grace [Episcopal] Church, Crismont, Virginia, September 6, 1936; and Christ Church, Episcopal, Charlottesville, Virginia Established 1824: It’s History Through November 12, 1958.)

Physical location:

1/J/5

Rules or conventions:

Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: a Content Standard

Indexed terms

Subjects:

Sermons, American--19th century.

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:

David J. Stiver

Date Prepared:

© 2016

Date Encoded:

Machine-readable finding aid created by David J. Stiver. Machine-readable finding aid derived from MS Word. Date of source: October 31, 2016.

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Terms of access:

Copyright has not been assigned to The Graduate Theological Union. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Archivist. Permission for publication is given on behalf of The Graduate Theological Union as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the reader.

Preferred citation:

Frederick Winslow Hatch sermons, GTU 2011-1-01. Graduate Theological Union Archives, Berkeley, CA.

Location of this collection:

Graduate Theological Union

2400 Ridge Road

Berkeley, CA 94709, US

Contact:

(510) 649-2523/2501

archives@gtu.edu

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