Jonas Clarke Collection

Materials relating to the ordination of Jonas Clarke to the church in Lexington, including call to the pulpit (May 19, 1755) by the freeholders and other inhabitants of the town, signed by Josiah Parker, town clerk; letter (1756 Dec. 15, encapsulated) from Jonas Clarke to Thomas Hancock ; four ms. sermons (1774-1788) of Jonas Clarke; account book (1749-1788) including record of marriages, books borrowed, and dealings in settling estates of various persons; letters from Clarke to his parents, brother, Thomas Clarke, and sister, Mary (Clarke) Cotton; three almanac diaries; promissory notes (1797, 1805); memorandum relating to Clarke's real estate (1823 May 19) and inventory of his real and personal property; ms. sermons; journals; facsimiles of typed copies of letters and wills (1780-1840) chiefly relating to Rev. Jonas Clarke and the Dane family; and other papers. Correspondents of Jonas Clarke include John Hancock, Rev. Perry Windsor, and Samuel Cooke.