American Presbyterian minister and animal rights writer
Herman Daggett
Born (1766-09-11 ) September 11, 1766Died May 19, 1832(1832-05-19) (aged 65) Occupation Animal rights activist
Herman Daggett (September 11, 1766 – May 19, 1832) was an AmericanPresbyterian minister and earlyanimal rights writer.
Daggett was born on September 11, 1766, atWalpole, Massachusetts .[ 1] [ 2] He was the son of physician Ebenezer Daggett, brother ofNaphtali Daggett .[ 1] He moved toWrentham as a boy. Daggett attendedBrown University in 1784 and graduated in 1788.[ 1] He studied theology underNathanael Emmons .[ 3] Daggett became a licensedCongregational preacher in 1789.[ 1] [ 4] He preached atLong Island andSouthampton . He joined the pastoral office on April 12, 1792.[ 1] He married Sarah, daughter of Colonel Mathewson on September 3, 1792.[ 1] He resigned from Southampton and joined the pastoral care of the West Hampton church. He held this position from 1797 to 1801.[ 1] He became pastor of the church at Fire Place and Middle Island inBrookhaven until 1807.[ 1] After this he preached atNew Canaan, Connecticut andNorth Salem, New York . Daggett was President (1818–1824) of theForeign Mission School inCornwall, Connecticut .[ 1] [ 4] Daggett died on May 19, 1832.[ 2]
On September 7, 1791, Daggett gave a lecture at Providence College (now Brown University) entitled "The Rights of Animals: An Oration" which was one of the earliest calls foranimal protection in the United States.[ 5] [ 6] [ 7] The lecture was hismaster's thesis and was printed in 1792 by David Frothingham.[ 5] It has been described as "the first known American treatise on animal rights".[ 8] It was re-printed by theAmerican Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals in 1926.[ 9]
Selected publications [ edit ] The Rights of Animals (1792)[ 10] An Abridgement of the Writings of Lewis Cornaro: A Nobleman of Venice on Health and Long Life (1824)[ 11] The American Reader (1841)[ 12] ^a b c d e f g h i Sprague, William B. (1859).Annals of the American Pulpit, Volume 2 . New York: Robert Carter & Brothers. pp. 291–294 ^a b Pelletreau, William S. (1903).History of Long Island: From its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time, Volume 2 . New York: The Lewis Publishing Company. p. 304 ^ Blake, Mortimer. (1853).A Centurial History of the Mendon Association of Congregational . Boston: Sewall Harding. pp. 239–240 ^a b Historical Catalogue of Brown University . (1895). Press of P. S. Remington & Co. p. 33^a b Pelletreau, William S. (1903).History of Long Island: From its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time, Volume 2 . New York: The Lewis Publishing Company. p. 512 ^ Iacobbo, Karen; Iacobbo, Michael. (2004).Vegetarian America: A History . Praeger Publishing. p. 5-6.ISBN 0-275-97519-3 ^ Phelps, Norm. (2007).The Longest Struggle: Animal Advocacy from Pythagoras to PETA . Lantern Books. pp. 87–88.ISBN 978-1-59056-106-5 ^ Linzey, Andrew; Clarke, Paul Barry. (2004).Animal Rights: A Historical Anthology . Columbia University Press. p. 188.ISBN 978-0-231-13421-7 ^ Linzey, Andrew. (2004).Animal Rights: A Historical Anthology . Columbia University Press. p. 126.ISBN 978-0-231-13421-7 ^ Daggett, Herman (May 2011).The rights of animals: an oration, delivered at the commencement of Providence-College, September 7, 1791. / By Herman Daggett, candidate for the master's degree. ; [One line of Scripture text] . RetrievedMay 2, 2020 . ^ "Union of Study With Useful Labour" .The Quarterly Register and Journal of the American Education Society .2 (2): 61. 1829.^ Daggett, Herman (1841)."The American reader: consisting of familiar, instructive, and entertaining stories: selected for the use of schools" . W. Wilson. Retrieved2 May 2020 .
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