Enoch Fitch Burr papers 1842-1888

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Enoch Fitch Burr papers 1842-1888

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Letters to Enoch Fitch Burr of Lyme, Conn., Yale 1839, clergyman, author, and lecturer on religion and science. The Reverend Dr. Burr was a direct descendant of Nathaniel Burr of Fairfield, Conn., a brother of Jehue Burr from Aaron Burr, the vice-president, was descended. Correspondents include William Cullen Bryant, Horace Bushnell, James Dwight Dana, William Gladstone, Mark Hopkins, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Denison Olmsted, and Theodore Dwight Woolsey. The correspondence consists mostly of routine acknowledgements and letters of introduction.

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Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives

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Burr, E. F. (Enoch Fitch), 1818-1907

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Enoch Fitch Burr studied science, then was ordained to preach in 1850; from 1850-1907 he served in a church in Hamburg, Ct.; he wrote on religion and the application of science to religion. From the description of Enoch Fitch Burr papers, 1842-1888 (inclusive). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702167533 From the guide to the Enoch Fitch Burr papers, 1842-1888, (Manuscripts and Archives) Pastor of Old Lyme Congregational Church; married Angeline Lord, youngest daughter...