Papers, 1656-1860.

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Papers, 1656-1860.

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Letters to Unitarian Jonathan Phillips, primarily from Rev. William Ellery Channing. The letters pertain to religion, other Unitarians, politics, current events, and personal news. Other correspondents include Harrison G. Otis and one letter each from John Q. Adams and Charles F. Adams. Also included are Samuel Phillips's notes for a 1681 sermon, and a few other early items.

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Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848

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Adams, Charles Francis, 1807-1886

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American diplomat, lawyer, and biographer; son of John Quincy Adams, 1767-1848; U.S. Congressman from Massachusetts 1859-61, U.S. Minister to England, 1861-68; U.S. Arbitrator at the Geneva Tribunal ("Alabama" claims), 1871-72. From the guide to the Charles Francis Adams letters, 1844-1878, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.) ...

Phillips, Samuel, 1625-1696

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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...

Phillips, Jonathan, 1778-1860

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