Sermons

This subseries is arranged chronologically. It contains sermon and Biblical notes, a large number is undated; manuscripts of a valedictory address; 1838 University of Alabama Commencement address; a commencement sermon; lecture on bees; lecture on ants; eulogies; a typescript copy of Jefferson Davis inauguration prayer; a draft of "Oriental or Shemitith Languages," published in 1837, 1838; a chronology of events pertaining to a Baptist church in Charleston, the content from which appears in Basil Manly's "Mercy and Judgment . . . Fragments of History of the Baptist Church," Charleston, South Carolina, September 23, 30, 1832; and a few miscellaneous items.