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For further biographical information on the Rev. Augustine Jenkins, see accession
number 254.
Keywords: sin, works in;
1150. JOSEPH, [GOV.] WILLIAM. (MD; Denom. Unknown; ?)
“[A Lay Sermon before General Assembly in 1689.]” [1689] [Acc. No. 893]
Repository: none ord Office, L. D. [library drawer?] S/718, folios 71-76.
Commentary: The Archives of Maryland, v. 663, p. 118 notes an interesting line of
succession to the presidency of the Council: “Meanwhile, on 31 Oct. 1684, Col.
Talbot had murdered Collector Christopher Rousby. He then fled the province,
and the presidency devolved upon Col. THOMAS TAILLOR. Taillor was in
turn succeeded, on 3 Oct. 1688, by one WILLIAM JOSEPH of London (Cath.),
appointed by His Lordship’s commission of 23 July of that year. Joseph and the
Board surrendered to the Protestant Associators, 1 Aug. 1689.” Thus Joseph served
as acting governor for less than a year.
Keywords: king’s power, divine source of; drunkenness; adultery; swearing; Sabbath,
breaking the;
1151. KER, JACOB. (MD; Pres.; [?]-1795; grad. Princeton 1758; lic.1763; ord.
1764; in MD 1764-1795;)
[1764] [Acc. No. 894]
Repository: Duke University, Durham, NC
Commentary: Duke University’s Manuscript Department lists a 1764 sermon of
Jacob Ker in its Methodist Church Papers as being transferred to Presbyterian
Manuscripts. No such category could be located (6/10/82). No other access point
could be found, but see Ker’s “The One Thing Needful’ (accession number 950).
The one 1791 and three 1792 sermons (accession numbers 898 and 899, 900, and
901) may not be by Ker. Weis lists Ker dying in 1795 and Rom. 5, 1.st was preached
in 1798. There are two folders in the MdHi, one labeled [Joseph Ker] that contained
the earlier sermons (1765, 1766, 1767) and the Rom 5. 1.st, the latter apparently
having been misplaced in with the 1760 works. There are seven sermons, four in
one hand (the 1790’s) and three in another (1760’s). The handwriting of the two
groups is similar, but has been judged different because of differences in capital
letter formation, a difference in the lower-case “d,” etc., as well as a difference in
format. The early sermons are all given titles, and the place and date of the delivery
of the sermon is listed under the title on the first sheet. The four later sermons
record only a text on the “title” page and put the place and date at the end of the
manuscript. Also, the 1790 works are written on one leaf at a time and the 1760
works are inscribed across two leaves at a time. No record of a Joseph Ker (assigned
the earlier sermons and the Rom. 5. 1.st) can be found. It seems possible that
since the MdHi accession records list seven sermons of Jacob Ker, that the earlier
sermons may well be his. The places and dates can all be justified. Assigning the
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