Administrative Information

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Preferred Citation

James Maury Sermons, Manuscript 91.15, John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation

Acquisition Information

Purchase, 1991.

Biographical/Historical Information

James Maury (1718-1769) was the son of Matthew Maury and Many Anne Fontaine. He attended William and Mary and in 1742 was appointed usher of the grammar school. He was ordained as a minister in England a year later. Maury preached in King William county and later, in Fredericksburg Parish in Louisa County, Va. In the late 1750's he ran a small boarding school and had as students, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison (later Bishop), Dabney Carr and others.

Scope and Content Information

The ten sermons (1743-1764) in this collection concern prayer, lust of the flesh, Christ, inner peace, earthly needs, youth, children, the infirmities of human nature and many other subjects. The sermons consist of the Biblical reference on which it is based, the text, and a list of when and where the sermon was preached.

Arrangement

Arranged in chronological order.

Index Terms

Persons:

• Maury, James, 1718-1769.

Subjects:

• Sermons, American--18th century.

Corporate Names:

• Church of England--Virginia--History--18th century-- Sources.

Geographical Names:

• Virginia--Religion--18th century--Sources.