Diaries, 1807-1820.

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Diaries, 1807-1820.

Diaries of John Gallison, lawyer, Unitarian, and social and religious activist, are a record of his last days at Harvard University and the circumstances of his dismissal in 1807; his academic and legal studies, some of which were under the tutelage of John Quincy Adams; his legal practice; responses to significant historical events; his work for Nathan Hale and the Boston Weekly Messenger; his involvement in the American Peace Society, Lewis Tappan's Religious Association, William Ellery Channing's Federal Street Church (now the Arlington Street Church), and anti-slavery meetings concerning the Missouri Compromise. Gallison's Sunday entries focus on the content of Channing's sermons. Also described are Gallison's encounters and relations with the Channing, Gray, May, and Sewall families; and with John Adams, William Gray, Samuel Joseph May, Joseph May, Samuel Sewall, Joseph Story, and Benjamin Tappan.

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Harvard University

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Harvard College was founded by a vote of the Great and General Court of Massachusetts on October 28, 1636 that allocated “400£ towards a schoale or colledge.” Subsequent legislative acts established the Board of Overseers, but it was the Charter of 1650 that created the Harvard Corporation as the College's primary governing board and defined its composition and authority. The College Charter became a contentious target for College officials, the Massachusetts Governor and General C...

Channing (Family : Channing, William Ellery, 1727-1820)

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The Channings were a prominent Massachusetts family with strong ties to the Unitarian church and the anti-slavery movement. From the guide to the Correspondence and other papers, 1825-1936., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) ...

Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848

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John Quincy Adams (b. July 11, 1767, Braintree, Massachusetts-d. February 23, 1848, Washington, D.C.) was an American statesman who served as a diplomat, United States Senator, member of the House of Representatives, and the sixth President of the United States. He was a member of the Federalist, Democratic-Republican, National Republican, and later the Anti-Masonic and Whig parties. He was the son of President John Adams and Abigail Adams. As a diplomat, Adams played an important role in neg...

Adams, John, 1735-1826

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John Adams (1735-1826) was the second president of the United States, born in Braintree (now Quincy), Massachusetts. He served as defense counsel for British soldiers accused of Boston Massacre in 1770; as delegate to Continental Congress from 1774 to 1778; as member of committee charged with drafting Declaration of Independence in 1776; as congressional commissioner to France from 1778 to 1779; as minister to United Provinces in 1780; and negotiated a loan from Dutch bankers in 1782. Adams join...

Arlington Street Church (Boston, Mass.)

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Unitarian Universalist church. Founded in 1729 by Irish immigrants who used a presbyterian form of church government. In 1786 it adopted a congregational polity. Known first as "the Presbyterian Church in Long Lane" and later as the Federal Street Church. In 1862 the church moved to a new building on Arlington Street in the Back Bay section of Boston, and its name became the Arlington Street Church. Mixed files of correspondence and collected resources on social and religious movements. Resource...

May family.

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Sewell family.

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May, Joseph, 1760-1841

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Joseph May was the father of the abolitionist Samuel J. May. His son lived and preached in Syracuse, New York later in life. From the description of Joseph May account book, 1797-1802. (New York State Historical Documents). WorldCat record id: 155419212 Merchant. From the description of Letter, 1839 June 10, Boston, to Samuel J. May, North Scituate. (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 170925536 ...

Hale, Nathan, 1784-1863

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Gray family.

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Religious Association (Boston, Mass.)

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Boston Weekly Messenger (Boston, Mass.)

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Gray, William, 1750-1825

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Sewall, Samuel, 1757-1814

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Sewall was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives (1783, 1788-1796), the U.S. House of Representatives (1796-1800), a judge on the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (1801-1813) and as chief justice (1813-1814). From the description of Request for a new trial, 1806. (Harvard Law School Library). WorldCat record id: 235151968 Epithet: Chief Justice of Massachusetts Province British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description...

Tappan, Benjamin, 1773-1857

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Jurist, lawyer, and U.S. senator of Ohio. From the description of Papers of Benjamin Tappan, 1799-1852. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71068238 American Senator, lawyer and anti-slavery leader. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Washington, D.C., to William Cullen Bryant, 1839 Dec. 18. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270579143 Jurist and U.S. senator from Ohio. From the description of Benjamin Tappan papers, 1795-1900 (bulk 1795...

May, Samuel J. (Samuel Joseph), 1797-1871

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Samuel May was a Unitarian clergyman of Syracuse, New York with connections to national organizations related to anti-Slavery, temperance, and suffrage, among others. From the description of Samuel J. May diary, 1867. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 64691611 Samuel May was a Unitarian Clergyman of Syracuse, New York with connections to national organizations related to Freedman's Relief, Temperance, and Suffrage, among others. From the descripti...

Tappan, Lewis, 1788-1873

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Merchant and antislavery leader. From the description of The papers of Lewis Tappan [microform], 1809-1903. (Washington State University). WorldCat record id: 29852969 Abolitionist from New York State; assisted the Amistad slaves; among the founders of the American Missionary Association in 1846, which began more than 100 anti-slavery Congregational churches throughout the Midwest, and after the American Civil War, founded numerous schools and colleges to aid in the educatio...

Gallison, John, 1788-1820

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American Peace Society.

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Formed in 1828 in New York City; headquarters later moved to Hartford, Boston, and Washington, D.C. From the description of Certification, 1871 Jan. 28. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70963148 The American Peace Society was the first nationally based secular peace organization in the United States. It was formed in 1828 from the merging of several state and local peace societies of New York, Maine, New Hampshire, and Massachusetts; the oldest, the New York Peace Society, dat...

Channing, William Ellery, 1780-1842

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William Ellery Channing (1780-1842) graduated from Harvard College in 1798. He served on the board of the Harvard Corporation from 1813 to 1826, where he worked for the establishment of the Divinity School, which occurred in 1816. A Unitarian minister, Channing served as the pastor of the Federal Street Church in Boston from 1803 until his death in 1842. In 1819 he gave the landmark Unitarian sermon, Unitarian Christianity, which upon publication sold thousands of copies. A believer in the aboli...

Story, Joseph, 1779-1845

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Jurist, politician, and professor of law Joseph Story (1779-1845) was born in Marblehead, Massachusetts on September 18, 1779. He received an AB from Harvard in 1798, an AM in 1801, and an LLD in 1821; he also received law degrees from Brown University and Dartmouth College. In 1802, Story married Mary Lynde Oliver. After Mary's death in 1805, Story married Sarah Waldo Wetmore in 1808. Story practiced law in Salem, Mass. and served as a representative in the state legislature before b...