Courier of New Hampshire reports Ethan Smith being installed as a pastor in NH on March 12, 1800.
Courier of New Hampshire (Concord, NH), December 12, 1800, 2
A SERMON, preached at the Instalment of the Rev. Ethan Smith, to the pastoral care of the Church and Congregation in Hopkinton, N. H., March 12th, 1800: Being the same delivered at the Ordination of the Rev. Josiah Prentice, at Northwood, N. H. May 19th, 1799.
By ISAAC SMITH, A. M.
Pastor of the Congregational Church in Gilmanton,
To which are annexed,
The Charge, and Right Hand of Fellowship—and the DISCOURSE delivered by the Rev. Ethan Smith, the next Sabbath after his Instalment, to the people of his charge.