Commonplace-book, 1680-1711.
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First Church (Cambridge, Mass.)
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The First Church was formed in Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1633, but in 1636 the minister and most of the members removed to Hartford, Conn. In 1829 the First Parish or First Church (Congregational) in Cambridge split into factions of Unitarian and Trinitarian persuasion. The latter, with the pastor Abiel Holmes, separated to form the Shepard Congregational Society, and continued subsequently under the name of the First Church. The Unitarians continued to be known as the First Parish, though cla...
Leverett, John, 1662-1724
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President of Harvard, 1707-1724. From the description of ALS, 1714 December 18 : Cambridge, to Stephen Sewal, Salem. (Copley Press, J S Copley Library). WorldCat record id: 13708312 John Leverett (1662-1724), religious leader, lawyer, judge, president of Harvard College from 1707-1724, and grandson of Governor John Leverett (1616-1679), lived in Boston, Mass. He attended Boston Latin School and received his training from Ezekiel Cheever (1615-1708). After graduation, he atte...
Brattle, William, 1662-1717
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Standard text at Harvard until the 1770s. From the description of Compendium logicae secundum principia D. Renati Des:cartes catechisticeĢ propositum / per Dom. Brattle, in usum pupillorum ; A compendium of logick according to the modern phylosophers extracted from Le-grand and others their systems / by Mr. Brattle, in usum pupillorum : manuscript, 1707. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612843242 Brattle (A. B. 1680) was a Boston minister. From the descr...
