Ebenezer Beriah Kelly: autobiography
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| dc.contributor.author | Kelly, Ebenezer Beriah, b. 1783 |
| dc.coverage.placeName | Norwich |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-06-14 |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2022-08-21T10:05:01Z |
| dc.date.available | 2022-08-21T10:05:01Z |
| dc.date.created | 1856 |
| dc.identifier | ota:3171 |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14106/3171 |
| dc.description.abstract | Preface signed: W.C.R. |
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| dc.language.iso | eng |
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| dc.subject.lcsh | Biographies -- United States -- 19th century |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Autobiographies -- United States -- 19th century |
| dc.title | Ebenezer Beriah Kelly: autobiography |
| dc.type | Text |
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| otaterms.date.range | 1800-1899 |
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Ebenezer Beriah Kelly: Autobiography by Ebenezer Beriah Kelly Printed by John W. Stedman, Norwich, Connecticut, 1856. [Chapter I] I was born in the city of Norwich, Conn., in the year 1783. My father, whose name was Beriah, was a native of that part of Norwich now called Bozrah, and at the time of my birth was the only Methodist minister in that city. His wife, my mother, was named Elizabeth Bragg, and bore him ten children, of whom I was the youngest. At the age of six years I was bound by the town to a Mr. U— F—, of Canterbury, who was engaged to give me, when I had served my time out, a score of sheep, a horse, a saddle, a bridle, two suits of clothes, and a Bible. Mr. F. was a very cruel man, and, abeing nearly always drunk, so treated me, that, had it not been for the kindness of neighbors, I should certainly have starved. I ran away from him several times on account of his cruelty, but he always pursued me and carried me back. At one time he tied me to the tail of an old mare, as . . .
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