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Diaries of Traveling Preacher Thomas Davies

6 folders (0.25 linear feet)

(1851 – 1879)

Edward H. Nabb Center for Delmarva History and Culture, Salisbury, University, Salisbury, Maryland

Identifier SC2020.016
Creator(s) Davies, Thomas W.
Acquisition

Purchased by Dr. Beatriz Hardy (Dean of Libraries and Instructional Resouces), December 2019.
Language(s) Welsh, English
Use Records are open for research. Copyright, including literary rights, belongs to the author(s) or their legal heirs. Permission to publish or reproduce must be obtained from the Nabb Research Center which extends beyond "fair use."
Preferred Citation "Item, collection title and identifier, box # and folder # (if applicable), Edward H. Nabb Research Center for Delmarva History and Culture, Salisbury University, Salisbury, Maryland."
Attribution Finding aid written by Jennifer Piegols, March 2020.
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Abstract

The Diaries of Traveling Preacher Thomas Davies document the life and profession of Thomas W. Davies from 1851 to 1879. The collection consists of five journals and a group of loose papers. Within the journals, Davies describes his early life, how he became a preacher, his travels from Minersville, Pennsylvania to Philadelphia to Ohio, some of his sermons, donations from his parishioners, being run out of town after an accusation that he was an impostor, and surviving typhoid fever along with other daily encounters. Davies switches between writing in English and Welsh.

Biographical History

Thomas W. Davies was a Welsh pastor who originally lived with his parents in Minersville, Pennsylvania. He was urged to become a minister in April 1848. In January 1850, he left his parents, brothers, and sisters and started ministry school.  He was advised to go to Marrietta, Ohio to preach, but chose not to due to it's low residency rate. In 1860, he was recorded as part of the Ohio Welsh Congregational Churches in Ironton, Lawrence County, and in 1862 in Youngstown, Ohio.

Scope and Content Note

The Diaries of Traveling Preacher Thomas Davies document the life and profession of Thomas W. Davies from 1851 to 1879.  The collection consists of five journals and a group of loose papers. Within the journals, Davies describes his early life, how he became a preacher, his travels from Minersville, Pennsylvania to Philadelphia to Ohio, some of his sermons, donations from his parishioners, being run out of town after an accusation that he was an impostor, and surviving typhoid fever along with other daily encounters. Davies switches between writing in English and Welsh.  

Arrangement Statement

The materials are arranged in chronological order.

Subject Terms

  • Topical Terms
    • Religious History
  • Location Terms
    • Ohio
    • Pennsylvania

Inventory List

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  1. Diary, circa 1851-1855
  2. Diary, circa 1858
  3. Diary, circa 1858-1871
  4. Diary, circa 1864
  5. Diary, circa 1864-1870
  6. Loose papers, circa 1875-1879

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