Papers, 1803-1842 (inclusive).

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Papers, 1803-1842 (inclusive).

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Material relates to his ministry at Federal Street Church, Boston. Includes correspondence (1803-1842), sermons, lectures, addresses, letters to members of his family, and two drafts of Unitarian Christianity (1819).

1.4 c.f. (4 boxes).

Harvard University, Divinity School Library

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Harvard University, Divinity School Library

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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) ...

Federal-Street Meeting-house (Boston, Mass.)

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"The church in Long Lane," begun in 1729 on the corner of Berry Street and Long Lane, changed its name to the Church of Christ in Federal Street when "Federal Street" was substituted for "Long Lane" by the town to commemorate the adoption of the Constitution in 1788. From the description of Records, 1787-1830. (New England Historic Genealogical Society). WorldCat record id: 56725787 ...

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...