OF

REV. JOEL HAWES, D.D.,

TENTH PASTOR OF THE FIRST CHURCH, HARTFORD, CONN.

BY

EDWARD A. LAWRENCE, D.D.

With an Introduction

BY THEODORE D. WOOLSEY, D.D., LL.D.

HARTFORD:

PUBLISHED BY HAMERSLEY & CO.

1871.

Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1871,

In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.

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TO THE

FIRST CHURCH AND SOCIETY IN HARTFORD,

This Memorial of their Pastor,

WHO, AFTER MORE THAN FORTY YEARS OF LABOR WITH THEM, SAID, "I CAN NEVER

BE SUFFICIENTLY THANKFUL TO MY GOD FOR CASTING MY LOT

AMONG YOU AS YOUR MINISTER,"

IS MOST CORDIALLY DEDICATED

IN CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP AND AFFECTION.