Joseph Dana (1742–1827) was an American clergyman. JosephDana silhouette

Biography

Joseph Dana was born in

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on November 2, 1742. He was a grandson of Benjamin, the third son of Richard, the progenitor of all that bear the name in the

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, who, according to the family tradition, was the son of a French

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that settled in England in 1629. Joseph was graduated at Yale in 1760, studied theology, and was ordained on November 7, 1765, minister of the South society of Ipswich, over which he presided for sixty-two years. He died in

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on November 16, 1827. Dana was the author of a report about local American industry that described the Ipswich lace production in his town. Documented lace samples were attached to the report and reside with

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's papers in the

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archives.

Works

Many of Dana's occasional discourses were published. A book of ''Occasional and textual hymns'' was published posthumously.

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References

* 1742 births 1827 deaths American Christian clergy People from Pomfret, Connecticut People from colonial Connecticut Yale University alumni {{US-reli-bio-stub