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This sermon by Rev. Peter McVicar's sermons is entitled "First Thanksgiving Sermon." It was delivered in Topeka on November 29, 1860, just weeks after he assumed the pastorate of the Congregational Church. McVicar focused on the concept that God's blessings were not to be measured by the accumulation of money or property, making specific comments about Kansas. He suggested, for example, that citizens of Kansas Territory who gathered together on that day should be especially thankful for the hardships endured by "early" settlers in order to establish freedom from slavery.
Creator: McVicar, Peter, 1829-1903
Date: November 29, 1860
Item Number: 3319
Call Number: Peter McVicar Coll. #429 Box 2 Folder 1
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 3319
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Religion - Ministers
Collections - Manuscript - McVicar, Peter
Community Life - Religion - Christianity - Congregational
Date - 1854-1860 - 1860
Government and Politics - Political Parties - Free Soil
Government and Politics - Reform and Protest - Antislavery
Government and Politics - Territorial Government - Political parties - Free State
Home and Family - Activities - Religious - Church attendance
Home and Family - Daily life - Settlement
Home and Family - Families
Home and Family - Family parties and reunions - Holidays - Thanksgiving
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Speech
People - African Americans - Slavery
Places - Cities and towns - Topeka
Places - Counties - Shawnee
Thematic Time Period - Bleeding Kansas, 1854 - 1861
Thematic Time Period - Immigration and Settlement, 1854 - 1890
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Speeches
http://www.kansasmemory.org/item/3319
