Papers, 1705-1830.

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Papers, 1705-1830.

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Papers of Congregational minister and historian Abiel Holmes. Correspondence and loose mss. included letters of Johnathan and Benjamin Trumbull, Jeremy Belknap, and John Wheelock, among others; a 1758 list of bonds due the estate of Henry Flynt; and a 1792 letter of John Lathrop with a history of the Massachusetts Congregational Charitable Society. Other papers include: ms. writings, lectures, and notes of Holmes and Ezra Stiles on the ecclesiastical history of New England and the U.S.; sermons (1788-1830); partial mss. of Benjamin Trumbull's A General history of the United States ... (1810); and a vol. of transcripts and extracts from the papers of Cotton Mather.

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Trumbull, Jonathan, 1740-1809

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Jonathan Trumbull Jr. (March 26, 1740 – August 7, 1809) was an American politician who served as the 20th governor of Connecticut and the second Speaker of the United States House of Representatives. Trumbull was born in Lebanon, Connecticut, the second son of Jonathan Trumbull Sr. (the eventual Governor of Connecticut) and his wife Faith Robinson, daughter of Rev. John Robinson. Trumbull graduated from Harvard College in 1759, and gave the valedictory address when he received his master's de...

Massachusetts Congregational Charitable Society

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The charitable arm of the Massachusetts Convention of Congregational Ministers. Cared for members and their families. From the description of Records, 1786-1899 (inclusive). (Harvard University, Divinity School Library). WorldCat record id: 181963998 ...

Lathrop, John, 1740-1816

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Wheelock, John, 1754-1817

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John Wheelock was born in Lebanon, Conn. in 1754. He attended Yale University for three years, then transferred to Dartmouth College and graduated in 1771 with the first class. He succeeded his father, Eleazar Wheelock, as president of the Dartmouth College in 1779. He died in 1817. From the description of Papers, 1772-1829. (Dartmouth College Library). WorldCat record id: 237296584 Educator. President, Dartmouth College, 1779-1815. From the description of Letter...

Flynt, Henry, 1675-1760

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Flynt was tutor and served as Fellow and Secretary of the Board of Overseers at Harvard. From the description of Papers of Henry Flynt, 1707-1760 (inclusive), 1707-1747 (bulk). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 17267210 Henry Flynt (1675-1760; Harvard AB 1693) served as a Harvard College Tutor from 1699 to 1754, as a Fellow of the Harvard Corporation from 1700 to 1760, as Secretary to the Board of Overseers from 1712 to 1758, and as acting President from...

Mather, Cotton, 1663-1728

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Mather was an American Puritan clergyman and writer. Mather attended Harvard (A.B. 1678, M.A. 1681) and served as minister at the Second Church in Boston from 1685 until his death. His advice was sought during the Salem witch trials. During his lifetime Mather wrote more than 450 books. ...

Stiles, Ezra, 1727-1795

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Congregational clergyman and librarian, of Newport, R.I.; and president of Yale University, New Haven, Conn. From the description of Ezra Stiles papers, 1682-1795. (New Haven Colony Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 368232945 Ezra Stiles, president of Yale College from 1778 to 1795. From the description of Ezra Stiles papers, [ca. 1727-1795]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 81484808 From the description of Ezra Stiles papers, [ca. 1727-1795...

Belknap, Jeremy, 1744-1798

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Jeremy Belknap was born in Boston on June 4, 1744. He received an AB from Harvard in 1762 and an AM in 1765. He became the minister of the First Congregational Church of Dover, New Hampshire in 1767, and later served as the minister of the Church in Long Lane, Boston. As a historian, Belknap published the History of New Hampshire and American Biography. His work on American Biography encouraged an interest in Harvard's history, and he explained in a letter two months before his de...

Holmes, Abiel, 1763-1837

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Congregational clergyman of Cambridge, Mass. From the description of Meteorological register of Abiel Holmes, 1795-1829. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71069604 American Congregational clergyman and historian. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Cambridge, to Noah Webster, 1809 Sept. 5. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269523484 Congregational clergyman and historian; father of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. From the description of Ab...

Trumbull, Benjamin, 1735-1820

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American Congregational divine and historian. From the description of Autograph letter signed : North Haven, to Rev. Mr. Patten, 1811 Jun. 4. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270573313 Benjamin Trumbull was born on December 19, 1735, in Hebron, Connecticut. He graduated from Yale College in 1759 and began work as pastor for the Congregational Church of North Haven, Connecticut, in 1760. He served there for sixty years, interrupted only by service as a chaplain during the Revol...