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West, Samuel (2), D.D.
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
or West, Samuel (2), D.D.
an American Unitarian minister, was born at Martha's Vineyard, Nov. 19,1738 (0. S.). He spent his early years at hard labor; entered Harvard College in his twentieth year, and graduated in 1761; became chaplain to the garrison of Fort Pownal at Penobscot, Me., November, 1761; returned home in 1762; spent some time in the study of divinity at Cambridge; was settled as pastor at Needham in 1764; became pastor at the Hollis Street Church, Boston, March 12, 1789; withdrew entirely from public labor in 1805; and died April 10,1808. He was the author of a series of articles in. the Boston Sentinel, over the signature of "The Old Man" and several single Sermons. A Biographical Sketch has been published by the Rev. Thomas Thacher. See Sprague, Annals of the Amer. Pulpit, 8:50 sq.
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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'West, Samuel (2), D.D.'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/w/west-samuel-2-dd.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
