Belknap, Jeremy, 1744-1798
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Manasseh Cutler was a clergyman and botanist.
Manasseh Cutler worked as a clergyman and botanist.
Jeremy Belknap was born in Boston on June 4, 1744. He received an AB from Harvard in 1762 and an AM in 1765. He became the minister of the First Congregational Church of Dover, New Hampshire in 1767, and later served as the minister of the Church in Long Lane, Boston. As a historian, Belknap published the History of New Hampshire and American Biography. His work on American Biography encouraged an interest in Harvard's history, and he explained in a letter two months before his death that he had "formed a design to go thru' the whole Catalogue of the graduates of Harvard College, & relate all that is proper to be related, of what can be known or can be recovered of each & every one of them." Belknap founded the Massachusetts Historical Society in 1791 and also served on the Harvard Board of Overseers. He died on June 20, 1798.
Clergyman and collector.
Congregational clergyman.
Jeremy Belknap, D.D., Minister of the Church in Federal-Street, Boston
Jeremy Belknap was born in Boston on June 4, 1744. He received an AB from Harvard in 1762 and an AM in 1765. He became the minister of the First Congregational Church of Dover, New Hampshire in 1767, and later served as minister at the Church in Long Lane, Boston. As a historian, Belknap published the History of New Hampshire (1784) and American Biography (1794). His work on American Biography led to his interest in Harvard's history, and he explained in a letter two months before his death that he had "formed a design to go thru' the whole Catalogue of the graduates of Harvard College, & relate all that is proper to be related, of what can be known or can be recovered of each & every one of them." Belknap founded the Massachusetts Historical Society in 1791 and also served on the Harvard Board of Overseers. He died on June 20, 1798.
Congregational clergyman, historian, and founder of the Massachusetts Historical Society.
Jeremy Belknap received his A.B. from Harvard in 1762.
Belknap, Morse, Sergeant, and Kirkland were part of a society established in Scotland for promoting Christian knowledge.
Born in Ireland, Mathew Carey spent most of his professional career in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania where he worked as a printer, publisher, and economist.
Jeremy Belknap (1744-1798), a minister and historian, was born in Boston on June 4, 1744. He received an AB from Harvard in 1762 and an AM in 1765. He became the minister of the First Congregational Church of Dover, New Hampshire in 1767, and later served as minister at the Church in Long Lane, Boston. As a historian, Belknap published the History of New Hampshire (1784) and American Biography (1794). Belknap founded the Massachusetts Historical Society in 1791 and also served on the Harvard Board of Overseers. He died on June 20, 1798.
Andrew Fuller (1743-1831), a schoolmaster of Lyndeborough, New Hampshire, was born on April 21, 1743 in Middleton, Mass. He received an AB from Harvard in 1765 and an AM in 1768. He served as schoolmaster in Lyndeborough for nearly fifty years, and was appointed a Justice of the Peace in 1776. Fuller died in April 1831.
Peter Thacher (1752-1802), a minister in Boston and Malden, Mass., was born in 1752 in Milton, Mass. He attended grammar school in Milton and was taught by Jeremy Belknap. Thacher received an AB from Harvard in 1769 and an AM in 1772. He was ordained on September 19, 1770 as the minister of the First Congregational Parish in Malden, and in December 1775, he was appointed the chaplain to the Provincial Council in Watertown, Mass. On January 12, 1785, Thacher was installed as the minister of the Brattle Street Church in Boston and became an ex-officio member of the Harvard Board of Overseers. Thacher was actively involved in local civic organizations, and helped to found the Massachusetts Historical Society with Belknap. Thacher died on December 16, 1802.
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