Papers, 1809-1872.

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Papers, 1809-1872.

This small collection of Ballou family documents includes two letters of Universalist clergyman Hosea Ballou (1771-1852) to his son, Maturin Murray Ballou (1820-1895), one page of poetry of Hosea Ballou written in 1838, an exchange of four letters between Calvinist clergyman Joseph Buckminster (1751-1812) and Hosea Ballou, in which Buckminster warns Ballou out of friendship of the dangers of Universalism, a note from Maturin Ballou to Roswell Martin Field, and a receipt dated 1867 and signed by Charles O. Rogers.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7000226

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Buckminster, Joseph, 1751-1812

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Congregational clergyman in Portsmouth, N.H. From the description of Joseph Buckminster sermon, 1797 July 11. (Maine Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 173609868 Reverend Joseph Buckminster was born in Rutland, Massachusetts, in October 1751. Buckminster descended from ministers on both sides of his family, and entered Yale College at the age of 15. After receiving his bachelor's degree in 1770, Buckminster remained at Yale for further study, after which he mov...

Ballou, Hosea, 1771-1852

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Universalist minister and principal leader of the Universalist denomination during the first half of the 19th century. Author of Treatise on Atonement, 1805. Minister, Dana, Mass. (1794-1803); Barnard, Vt. (1803-1809); Portsmouth, N.H. (1809-1815); Salem, Mass. (1815-1817); Second Universalist Society, Boston (1817-1852). See sketch in Dictionary of American Biography. From the description of Papers, 1810-1890 (inclusive). (Harvard University, Divinity School Library). WorldCat recor...

Ballou, Maturin Murray, 1820-1895

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American author and journalist. From the description of Letter, an envelope, and a list, 1894. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 367575009 American Journalist and Author. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Boston, to Ben. Perley Poore, 1852 Oct. 23. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270622058 American journalist, traveler, author From the guide to the Maturin Murray Ballou papers, 1857, undated, (The New York Public Library. Manuscri...