Diary and transcription
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- Box MsV Box 142, Folder 1
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Toler begins his diary as he is preparing to leave Philadelphia and take up his career as an itinerant Baptist preacher in Virginia. His education had been funded by Robert Carter of Nomini Hall, who also provided the horse Toler rode from Philadelphia and on his circuits in Virginia. Toler records his travels and the occasions when he preached or heard other preachers, usually citing the Biblical texts of the sermons. He often notes the doubts, anxieties, and hopes that occupy him as he pursues his career. In 1786 he helps establish a church at Nomini in Westmoreland County, where he becomes a more settled minister. His first child is born. 4 x 6 in., with a loose, paper cover. A few pages are missing, and the section covering 1786 begins and ends in mid-sentence. Accompanying the diary are issue 31 (1992) and issue 32 (1993) of The Virginia Baptist Register, containing a two-part transcription of Toler's diary.
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A PDF of the transcript is available.
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