Orderly books of Ebenezer Thayer, Jr. 1776-1791.

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Orderly books of Ebenezer Thayer, Jr. 1776-1791.

Orderly books of Ebenezer Thayer: 1) 1776, Aug. 16 - Nov. 28, Boston and Dorchester, Mass.; 2) 1780, Aug. 20 - Oct. 27, Howland Ferry, Newport, Butt Hill, R.I., and 3) 1786, May 9 - 1791, Apr. 3, Dorchester, Braintree, Roxbury, Mass.

132 leaves, 20 cm, bound volume.

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Thayer, Ebenezer, 1734-1792

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The Reverend Ebenezer Thayer (1734-1792) was born in Braintree, Mass., was graduated from Harvard College in 1753, became an itinerant minister, and then served as a tutor at Harvard, 1760-1766. He was ordained at Hampton, N.H., in 1766 and settled there permanently as pastor of the Congregational church. From the description of Library catalog, 1755. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 207174771 Ebenezer Thayer, Jr., an officer of the Massachusetts militia. In 1776, Colonel Thay...

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