Henry Martyn Dexter correspondence 1843-1845, 1852-1857

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Henry Martyn Dexter correspondence 1843-1845, 1852-1857

Letters to Horace James, 1843-1845, 1852-1857.

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The Congregationalist.

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Seymour, John L.

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Dexter, Henry Martyn, 1821-1890

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Dexter and James were close friends from before Dexter's student days at Andover Theological Seminary. The friendship continued as both became prominent in the Congregationalist Church. They were also active abolitionists and interested in the development of the emigrant movement to Kansas Territory. For biographical data on Henry Martyn Dexter see Dictionary of American Biography. v al. v. Horace James (1818-1875) was an active abolitionist, later Superintendent of Negr...

James, Horace, 1818-1875

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Horace James (1818-1875) was born in Medford, Mass. He graduated from Yale in 1840, and was installed as pastor of the Old South Church in Worcester, Mass., in 1853. From 1861 to 1864, he was chaplain of the 25th Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteers. In 1864, he was appointed a superintendent of freedmen in North Carolina. James returned to Massachusetts as pastor of a church in Lowell and as an associate editor of the _Congregationalist_. From the description of Correspondence, 1852...

Park, Edwards Amasa, 1808-1900

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American clergyman, theologian, and educator. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [Andover, Mass.?], to [Andrew Preston] Peabody, [1866 Apr. 4]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 743829255 Congregational clergyman, theologian, professor at Andover Theological Seminary, editor of Bibliotheca Sacra. From the description of Papers, 1835-1899. (Andover Newton Theological School). WorldCat record id: 11667718 American theologian. From t...