Scope and Contents A hand-stitched, octavo-sized booklet recording sermons delivered over the course of Ballou's professional career, before and after he settled at Orange. Sermons are chronologically arranged. Each entry notes the date and location of a given sermon, as well as the scriptural passage that served as its premise. Ballou also records whether the sermon was delivered on a special occasion (a funeral, for instance). Periodically, Ballou includes additional information, such as payment received or...