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Davenport, Daniel, 1773-1860. [Burials at Dorchester, Mass., 1806-1850].

Title: [Burials at Dorchester, Mass., 1806-1850].

Handwritten record kept by the sexton at First Church, Dorchester. Entries give date of burial, person's name, and age. There is an occasional note about the person or circumstances of death/burial.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. ([130] p.) ; 22 cm.

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Withington, Samuel, 1720-1781. [Baptisms at Dorchester, Mass., 1748-1781].

Title: [Baptisms at Dorchester, Mass., 1748-1781].

Original handwritten record of baptisms at First Church, Dorchester.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. ; 20 cm.

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Fox, John A., architect. Papers, 1857-1914.

Title: Papers, 1857-1914.

Collection includes: Scrapbook (1857-1906), documenting Fox's involvement with Dorchester social clubs, particularly the Pickwick Club (programs, menus, annual meeting odes), and the First Church of Dorchester; 2 vols. of newspaper clippings (1874-1895, indexed, and 1876-1889), consisting of Fox's letters to the American Architect and Building News, Boston Transcript, etc., reviews of Fox's architecture (incl. the City Theatre, Brockton, and Provincetown Town Hall), and articles on theater architecture, with ms. "Notes on [architectural] competitions;" business ledger, indexed, of client accounts (1874-1918); day book of building projects (Hotel Berkeley - Boston, Provincetown Town Hall, State Farm - Bridgewater, State Alms House & Infirmary - Tewksbury, Edison Electric Light Co. - Brockton, store for C.C. Field - Brockton), 1883-1914. With: Prospectus (+ env.) for the City Theatre, Brockton, and "American Dramatic Theatres" by John A. Fox, pub. in Am. Arch. & Bldg. News, vol. VI, no. 186 (July 19, 1879). Note: Fox materials held in the Print Room include: 2 sketchbooks; 17 drawings and 1 architectural model for the City Theatre, Brockton; and architectural drawings for three Dorchester residences.

ArchivalResource: 6 v. + 2 folders, in box ; 27 cm.

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Withington, Samuel, 1720-1781. People joyned in full communion in this ... the first in the new meeting [house], 1745-1767.

Title: People joyned in full communion in this ... the first in the new meeting [house], 1745-1767.

Handwritten record of admissions to the First Church at Dorchester, Mass.

ArchivalResource: 1 item ; 16 cm.

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Dorchester Antiquarian and Historical Society. Papers, 1635-1874 (bulk: 1720-1870).

Title: Papers, 1635-1874 (bulk: 1720-1870).

Collection includes records of the Society as well as material collected by the Society concerning the town, its families, and associations. Documents include [James] Blake's Annals and drafts of Thaddeus Mason Harris's town history; material concerning the town's 225th anniversary in 1855; announcements of various social and political events; town records, marriage intentions, warrants; financial records, tax tables, statements; miscellaneous deeds and memoranda; military records; church records; political material (mostly party tickets); school records (returns, visitations, correspondence, lists of scholars); misc. family papers; 1635 Rev. Richard Mather journal; and numerous maps or surveys probably by James or Samuel Blake. Also includes material concerning Boston, Medfield, and Stoughton, Mass.

ArchivalResource: 8.5 linear ft.

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Mather, Richard, 1596-1669. Plea for the churches of Christ in New England, 1645-1646.

Title: Plea for the churches of Christ in New England, 1645-1646.

Essay written by Congregational minister Richard Mather, 1645, of the First Church in Dorchester, Mass., entitled, "Plea for the Churches of Christ in New England." Includes the imprimatur, approval of a publication under circumstances of official censorship, of Joseph Caryl and Henry Seyle, 1646. Also includes a survey of William Rathband's "Briefe Narration."

ArchivalResource: 1 vol.

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Fox, George W., d. 1908. Scrapbook, 1855-1908.

Title: Scrapbook, 1855-1908.

Scrapbook contains newspaper clippings, mostly arranged chronologically, consisting of Dorchester and Boston news and events, news of the Civil War (and of Charles Barnard Fox, with the 2nd Mass. Regiment), obituaries and funerals (including the funeral of Gov. John A. Andrew), and Unitarian church news (particularly concerning the First Church, Dorchester, and the Rev. Thomas Bayley Fox). With a manuscript petition from members of the American Unitarian Assn. in Boston seeking Fox's permission to commission a portrait of him.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. ; 30 cm.

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Robinson, Samuel, d. 1718. Samuel Robinson sermon notes, 1677-1678.

Title: Samuel Robinson sermon notes, 1677-1678.

One leather-bound volume of notes kept by Samuel Robinson of Dorchester, Mass., 1677-1678. Robinson recorded sermons of various clergymen in Dorchester and Milton, Mass. including Rev. Josiah Flynt of the First Church of Dorchester, Rev. Thomas Mighill of Milton, Thomas Thacher of the First Church of Boston, and Revs. Goodhow, Greenough, Hurell, Lawson, Minot, Norwell, and Willard.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. in a case.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/43572176 View

First Church (Dorchester, Boston, Mass.). Records, 1727-1784.

Title: Records, 1727-1784.

Notes on sermons preached (1727 Mar. 26-1727 Nov. 12), chiefly by Rev. John Danforth; notes of sermons preached (1773 Dec. 19-1784 Feb. 29); and names of persons joining the church (1757-1781).

ArchivalResource: 2 folders.

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Davenport, William, sexton. Record book, 1848-1865.

Title: Record book, 1848-1865.

Register of burials, including date of burial, fees for grave digging, name of officiant, cause of death, age of deceased, occupation, certificate from health officials, etc.; accounts of work done, including the purchase of grave stones, obtaining horses and wagons, and names of gravediggers including Patrick McDonald, Thomas Payson, and Henry Kelly; parish accounts for materials necessary for the upkeep of the church and for fuel; records of pew rentals; and short genealogy of the Davenport family.

ArchivalResource: 1 v.

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