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FORMBY, LONSDALE, 1816-1896.
Sermons, 1844-1889.

MANUSCRIPT NUMBER 078


EXTENT: 3 cubic ft. (3 records center cartons)

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CITATION:  Lonsdale Formby Sermons, MSS 078, Archives and Manuscripts Dept., Pitts Theology Library, Emory University.


Biographical Note

Born in 1816, Rev. Lonsdale Formby was an Anglican minister of Formby near Liverpool, England.  Formby graduated from St. Catherine College in Cambridge in 1842.  He became a Deacon in 1843 and a preacher in 1845.  He was named Perpetual Curator of Formby, Chester Diocese in 1847.  Formby was also the Patron and Rector of Walton-on-the Hill.  He died in 1896. 


Scope and Content Note

The collection includes 471 sermons on various theological topics delivered by Rev. Formby during his career.  The sermons also note the dates and places where the sermons were delivered.  Rev. Formby delivered many of his sermons more than once.  Spanning from 1844 to 1889, the sermons are arranged chronologically by month and year, according to the earliest date noted on the sermons.  A few of the sermons were written by other ministers.


CONTAINER LISTING

BOX/FOLDER            DESCRIPTION

1/1                                 1844, August-December
1/2                                 1845, (no month indicated)
1/3                                           March-April
1/4                                           August-September
1/5                                 1846, January
1/6                                           March
1/7                                           April
1/8                                           May
1/9                                           July
1/10                               1847, January-February
1/11                                         March-April
1/12                                         May
1/13                                         June-July
1/14                                         July
1/15                                         September-October
1/16                                         December
1/17                                1848, January
1/18                                          January-May
1/19                                          June-August
1/20                                          August
1/21                                          October-November
1/22                                          December
1/23                                1849, February
1/24                                          June-October
1/25                                1850, January-April
1/26                                          November-December
1/27                                1851, (no month indicated)
1/28                                          May-November
1/29                                1852, March-July
1/30                                          August
1/31                                1853, March-May
1/32                                          September-December
1/33                                          December
1/34                                1854, January-February
1/35                                          March-April
1/36                                          August-October
1/37                                          November-December
1/38                                1855, January-March
1/39                                          April-May
1/40                                          June-July
1/41                                1856, January
1/42                                          March
1/43                                          April-May
1/44                                          May-September
1/45                                          November-December
1/46                                1857, (no month indicated)
1/47                                          February-March
1/48                                          April-May
1/49                                          July-October
2/1                                  1858, January
2/2                                            April-May
2/3                                            September
2/4                                            September-November
2/5                                            November-December
2/6                                  1859, March
2/7                                            April
2/8                                            May-July
2/9                                            July-December
2/10                                1860, January-February
2/11                                          February-March
2/12                                          March-April
2/13                                          May
2/14                                          June-July
2/15                                          August-November
2/16                                1861, January-March
2/17                                          April-May
2/18                                          June-September
2/19                                          October-December
2/20                                          December
2/21                                1862, March-June
2/22                                          June-September
2/23                                1863, January-October
2/24                                1864, March-December
2/25                                1865, March-May
2/26                                          May-October
2/27                                          October-December
2/28                                1866, February-March
2/29                                          May-November
2/30                                          November-December
2/31                                1867, February-June
2/32                                          September-November
2/33                                          November-December
2/34                                1868, February-April
2/35                                          May-November
2/36                                1869, January-March
2/37                                          April-May
2/38                                          September-November
2/39                                1870, April
2/40                                          May-September
2/41                                1871, April-May
2/42                                          June-September
2/43                                1872, March-October
2/44                                          December
2/45                                1873, April-June
2/46                                          July-September
2/47                                          September-November
3/1                                  1874, January-March
3/2                                            April-November
3/3                                  1875, January-February
3/4                                            March-April
3/5                                            April-May
3/6                                            May-September
3/7                                            October-November
3/8                                  1876, January-May
3/9                                            July-October
3/10                                1877, July
3/11                                1878, January-April
3/12                                          April-May
3/13                                          June-July
3/14                                          July
3/15                                          August-September
3/16                                          October-December
3/17                                1879, March-May
3/18                                          June-August
3/19                                          October-November
3/20                                1881, July
3/21                                1883, January-February
3/22                                          April
3/23                                          May-July
3/24                                1883, September-December
3/25                                          December
3/26                                1884, January-February
3/27                                          May-November
3/28                                1885, January-April
3/29                                          September-October
3/30                                1886, May-September
3/31                                          August-September
3/32                                1889, October
3/33-45                           Other sermons

Separated material:  None


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