Papers of Henry Ware, Sr., 1783-1842

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Papers of Henry Ware, Sr., 1783-1842

Papers of Henry Ware, Sr., 1783-1842

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Henry Ware, Sr., a Unitarian minister and theologian, was the fourth Hollis Professor of Divinity at Harvard University from 1805 until 1837. Ware was instrumental in the creation of the Harvard Divinity School and the development of Unitarianism in New England. The papers of Henry Ware, Sr. contain materials he created over more than half a century beginning as a Harvard undergraduate in 1785, a minister in Hingham, Mass., and later as the Hollis Professor of Divinity. The collection includes two quarter bills from his undergraduate years, financial records and documents created during his Hingham pastorship, sermons, lectures delivered to students, teaching materials used for Divinity School courses, and a small collection of correspondence and records related to Harvard College administration. Ware's influence as a Unitarian theologian and educator can be researched in the sermons and lectures that form the bulk of this collection, and were delivered to Harvard undergraduates and Harvard Divinity School students regularly for more than two decades.

2.72 cubic feet; (5 document boxes, 2 half legal document boxes, and 1 legal document box)

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