Papers, 1832-1904.

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Papers, 1832-1904.

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This collection consists of one folder of correspondence and three volumes. The correspondence concerns lecture arrangements, the receipt of a piano as a gift, thank-you notes, a letter to Convers Francis (1795-1863), Watertown minister, about a pulpit exchange, and a letter to Charles Sumner (1811-1874) about writing for a journal. Also in the folder is a sixty-eight-page address by Parker entitled "Discourse of the Functions of a Teacher of Religion in These Times" (1855) delivered at the Free Church in Barre, Mass. One octavo volume contains sermon sketches written in 1853 on such topics as crime, women, social condition of mankind, and the ideal home. The second octavo volume is Theodores Parker's scrapbook, 1855-1856, containing notes, statistics, and newsclippings on various subjects, presumably gathered for his sermons. Several notes concern education, politics, population, executions, poverty, animals, and immigration. The most predominent subjects are crime, slavery (especially the Fugitive Slave Law), and intemperance. The folio volume contains a list of subscribers to the Theodore Parker Memorial, 1862 to 1904, including dates, names, and addresses.

1 folder (13 items)2 v. ; octavo.1 v. (263 p., mostly blank) ; folio.

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Parker, Theodore, 1832-1904.

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Parker, Theodore, 1810-1860.

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Unitarian minister and reformer. From the description of Letter, 1850 Nov. 5, Boston, to Charles Mason. (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 170925855 Rev. Theodore Parker (1810-1860), Unitarian minister, social reformer, and publicist, was born in Lexington, Mass., a grandson of Captain John Parker (1729-1775) of Revolutionary fame. Parker graduated from Harvard Divinity School in 1836, became minister of West Roxbury, and proceeded to develop his theological and social ...

Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874

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Massachusetts lawyer and U.S. Senator, 1851-1874. He was an ardent abolitionist who attacked the south in his "crime against Kansas" speech in 1856. Two days later he was assaulted in the Senate, receiving injuries that took him years to recover from. From the description of Letters, 1858-1869. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 55768315 Born in Boston, Mass., the U.S. statesman Charles Sumner studied law at Harvard and practiced law in his native ci...

Francis, Convers, 1795-1863

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American theologian and educator. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Cambridge, to the Rev. John Pierpont, 1854 Aug. 31. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270138877 Francis and Parker were both ministers. From the description of Letters : to Theodore Parker, 1836-1839. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612802278 ...