1839 BAPTIST DIARY. Rev. C. C. Long - Student at Waterville Baptist College - Samuel Francis Smith &c.

A superb and informative manuscript document related to the Baptists in Maine and Massachusetts during the early 19th century, the then-current environment of the Second Great Awakening, etc.,  The manuscript was written by a divinity student at Waterville College in 1839. Originally founded as the Maine Literary and Theological Institution, what would become Colby College had the name Waterville College from 1821 to 1867. The diary is that of Charles C. Long [Rev. C. C. Long], later a pastor of multiple Baptist churches across Maine. And his diary is superb. Though he does not contribute daily, his notes are often deeply spiritual, full of self-reflection, and informative about the institution itself. Of some note, Long happened to be a student at Waterville at the precise time Samuel Francis Smith was pastoring the Baptist church in Waterville and was also serving on the faculty at the College. Long mentions Smith on multiple occasions. S. F. Smith was of course the Baptist divine re