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William Bentley (June 22, 1759 – December 29, 1819) was an American Unitarian minister, scholar, columnist, and diarist. He was a polymath who possessed the second best library in the United States (after that of Thomas Jefferson), and was an indefatigable reader and collector of information at the local national and international level. Starting in 1794, he produced a weekly news summary of world events for the local newspaper the Salem Gazette. He provided a highly sophisticated capsule of current political and cultural news, set in a broad historical context. His unsigned reports were widely copied and reproduced in the young nation's newspapers. Bentley believed in Republican enlightenment and the widest possible diffusion of knowledge. He was upset by the increasingly shrill tone of the partisan press, and the superficiality of much journalism. (From Wikipedia) More about William Bentley:
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Books by William Bentley: ![[Info]](https://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/info.gif) Bentley, William, 1759-1819, ed.: A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Publick Worship (Salem: Dabney and Cushing, ca. 1788) (multiple formats at archive.org)- Bentley, William, 1759-1819: The Diary of William Bentley, D.D., Pastor of the East Church, Salem, Massachusetts (4 volumes; Salem, MA: Essex Institute, 1905-1914) (page images at HathiTrust)
Additional books by William Bentley in the extended shelves:![[X-Info]](https://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/infouc.gif) Bentley, William, 1759-1819: An address, delivered in the Essex Lodge, upon the festival of St. John the Evangelist, at the induction of the officers by Brother Joseph Hiller, past master, and Brother Benjamin Hodges, master elect. December 27, 1798. / By William Bentley, member of the Essex Lodge. ; [Four lines of quotations] (Printed at Salem [Mass.], : by Joshua Cushing., 1799), also by Mass.) Freemasons. Essex Lodge (Salem (HTML at Evans TCP)- Bentley, William, 1759-1819: An address to the members of the American antiquarian society, pronounced in King's chapel, Boston, on their fourth anniversary, October 23, 1816 (Printed for the Society, 1916) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Bentley, William, 1759-1819: An address to the members of the American antiquarian society, pronounced in King's chapel, Boston, on their fourth anniversary, October 23, 1816 (Printed for the Society, 1916) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Bentley, William, 1759-1819: A charge delivered before the Morning Star Lodge, in Worcester, Massachusetts, upon the festival of Saint John the Baptist, June 25, A.L. 5798. By the Rev. Brother William Bentley, of Salem, Massachusetts. ; Published at the request of the brethren. (Worcester [Mass.]: : From the press of Brother Isaiah Thomas, Jun., June, A.L. 5798 [i.e. 1798]), also by Mass.) Freemasons. Morning Star Lodge (Worcester (HTML at Evans TCP)
- Bentley, William, 1759-1819: A Collection of psalms and hymns for public worship. (Printed by Rowe & Hooper, 1814), also by Rowe & Hooper (page images at HathiTrust)
- Bentley, William, 1759-1819: A Collection of Psalms and hymns for publick worship. (Salem : Printed by Dabney and Cushing, [1788?], 1788), also by Benson Collection of Hymnals and Hymnology (Princeton Theological Seminary) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Bentley, William, 1759-1819: A Collection of Psalms and hymns for publick worship. (Salem : Printed by Dabney and Cushing, [1805?], 1805), also by Benson Collection of Hymnals and Hymnology (Princeton Theological Seminary) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Bentley, William, 1759-1819: A Collection of Psalms and hymns for publick worship. (Salem : Printed by William Carlton, 1795., 1795), also by Benson Collection of Hymnals and Hymnology (Princeton Theological Seminary) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Bentley, William, 1759-1819: The diary of William Bentley, D. D. (The Essex institute, 1905), also by Alice G. Waters, Marguerite Dalrymple, Joseph Gilbert Waters, and Essex Institute (page images at HathiTrust)
- Bentley, William, 1759-1819: The diary of William Bentley, D.D., pastor of the East Church, Salem, Massachusetts (P. Smith, 1962), also by Essex Institute (page images at HathiTrust)
- Bentley, William, 1759-1819: The diary of William Bentley, D.D., pastor of the East church, Salem, Massachusetts ... (The Essex institute, 1905), also by Alice G. Waters, Marguerite Dalrymple, Joseph Gilbert Waters, and Salem Essex institute (page images at HathiTrust)
- Bentley, William, 1759-1819: A discourse, delivered at Amherst, August 10, 1797; before the most worshipful Nathaniel Adams of the Grand Lodge of Newhampshire, and the officers of the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts; at the installation of the Benevolent Lodge, under the right worshipful Samuel Dana, Esq. : [Three lines of quotations] / By the Rev. Brother William Bentley, A.M. F.H.S. ([Amherst, N.H.] : Samuel Preston, printer., 1797), also by Samuel Dana, Freemasons. Grand Lodge of New Hampshire, Freemasons. Grand Lodge of Massachusetts, and N.H.) Freemasons. Benevolent Lodge (Amherst (HTML at Evans TCP)
- Bentley, William, 1759-1819: A discourse, delivered in Roxbury, October 12, 5796; before the Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts; (the Most Worshipful Paul Revere, Esq; master.) At the request of the members of Washington Lodge, on occasion of the consecration of the lodge and the installation of officers. / By the Rev. Brother William Bentley, A.M. F.H.S. ; [Three lines from Lucretius] (Boston: : William Spotswood., 1797), also by William Dix, Freemasons. Grand Lodge of Massachusetts, and Mass.) Freemasons. Washington Lodge (Roxbury (HTML at Evans TCP)
- Bentley, William, 1759-1819: A funeral discourse, delivered in the East Meeting-House, Salem, on the Sunday after the death of Major General John Fiske, who died September 28, 1797. Aet 53. By William Bentley, A.M. Pastor of the Second Congregational Church in Salem. ; [One line from Minucius Felix] (Printed at Salem [Mass.], : by Thomas C. Cushing., 1797) (HTML at Evans TCP)
- Bentley, William, 1759-1819: Oration, in commemoration of the birthday of Washington, delivered at Salem, Massachusetts, February 22d, 1793. (Morrisania, N.Y., 1870), also by Henry B. Dawson (page images at HathiTrust)
- Bentley, William, 1759-1819: Record of the parish list of deaths. 1785-1819. (Printed for the Essex institute, 1882), also by Ira J. Patch and Mass. East church Salem (page images at HathiTrust)
- Bentley, William, 1759-1819: Record of the parish list of deaths. 1785-1819. (Printed for Essex Institute, 1882), also by Ira J. Patch and Mass.) East Church (Salem (page images at HathiTrust)
- Bentley, William, 1759-1819: A sermon, delivered in the East Meeting-House, Salem, on Sunday morning, March 13: occasioned by the death of Jonathan Gardner, Esq. master of the Marine Society in Salem; who died March 2, 1791, aet. 63. / By William Bentley, A.M. Pastor of the Second Congregational Church in Salem. (Printed at Salem [Mass.], : by Thomas C. Cushing., MDCCXCI. [1791]), also by Marine Society at Salem (HTML at Evans TCP)
- Bentley, William, 1759-1819: A sermon, preached at the Stone Chapel in Boston, September 12, 1790 (Printed by Samuel Hall, 1790), also by Duke University. Library. Jantz Collection (page images at HathiTrust)
- Bentley, William, 1759-1819: A sermon, preached at the Stone Chapel in Boston, September 12, 1790. By William Bentley, A.M. Pastor of the Second Congregational Church in Salem. ; Published at the request of the hearers. (Boston: : Printed by Samuel Hall, at no. 53, Cornhill., MDCCXC [1790]) (HTML at Evans TCP)
- Bentley, William, 1759-1819: A sermon, preached before the Ancient and Honourable Artillery Company, in Boston, June 6, 1796, being the anniversary of their election of officers. / By William Bentley, A.M. Pastor of the Second Congregational Church in Salem. ; [One line of quotation in Greek] (Boston: : Printed by Manning & Loring., 1796), also by Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts (HTML at Evans TCP)
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