Jonathan B. Condit, "Memorial of the life and death of George Sydenham Mighels" manuscript transcription, 1853

Summary

Creator:

Condit, J. B. (Jonathan Bailey), 1806-1876

Abstract:

Jonathan Bailey Condit, pastor of the Second Congregational Church at Portland, Maine, wrote and delivered a lengthy memorial at the time of 11-year old George Sydenham Mighels' death in 1839. George's father Jesse Wedgwood Mighels transcribed the "Memorial of the life and death of George Sydenham Mighels" into a bound volume with the cover title "Memorial of George" in 1853, as a gift to his other son Henry Rust Mighels. An ornate manuscript title page by Prof. Thompson of Cincinnati and introductory text by Jesse W. Mighels precede the 247-page memorial.

Extent:

1 volume

Language:

English

Authors:

Collection processed and finding aid created by Cheney J. Schopieray, July 2021

Background

Scope and Content:

Jonathan Bailey Condit, pastor of the Second Congregational Church at Portland, Maine, wrote and delivered a lengthy memorial at the time of 11-year old George Sydenham Mighels' death in 1839. George's father Jesse Wedgwood Mighels transcribed the "Memorial of the life and death of George Sydenham Mighels" into a bound volume with the cover title "Memorial of George" in 1853, as a gift to his other son Henry Rust Mighels. An ornate manuscript title page by Prof. Thompson of Cincinnati and introductory text by Jesse W. Mighels precede the 247-page memorial.

Laid into the volume is a 4-page manuscript note from J[esse] W. Mighels to [Evelina Mighels], July 7, 1853; Cincinnati, [Ohio], respecting George Mighels' death.

Biographical / Historical:

George Sydenham Mighels was born to conchologist Jesse Wedgwood Mighels (1795-1861) and Evelina Augusta Rust Mighels (1802-1876) on November 2, 1827, at Minot, Maine. George's brother Henry Rust Mighels (1830-1879), who settled in Carson City, Nevada, edited the Carson Daily Appeal. George Mighels died at the age of 11, on March 2, 1839, in Portland, Maine.

Acquisition Information:

2021. M-7314 .

Arrangement:

The collection is a single bound volume.

Rules or Conventions:

Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: A Content Standard (DACS)

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Bibliography

"Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4WM-JVL : 14 January 2020), George Sydenham Mighels, 1827.

Norton, Arthur H. "Jesse Wedgwood Mighels--Pioneer Conchologist" in The Maine Naturalist, v. VII, no. 2 (June 1927): 63-74.

Subjects

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Subjects:

Brothers and sisters--Death.
Brothers and sisters--Maine.
Children--Death--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Congregationalists--Maine--Portland.
Death--Religious aspects--Christianity--History--19th century.
Deathbeds.
Fathers and sons--Maine.
Memorialization--Maine--Portland.

Formats:

Memorial books.
Transcriptions (documents)

Names:

Mighels, George Sydenham, 1827-1839--Death and burial.
Mighels, Jesse W. (Jesse Wedgewood)