King's Chapel (Boston, Mass.) records, 1686-1942.

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King's Chapel (Boston, Mass.) records, 1686-1942.

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Records of King's Chapel, organized as an Anglican church in 1686, later a Unitarian church. Collection contains records of Wardens and Vestry; Proprietors of Pews; baptisms, marriages, and burials; finances (including money distributed to the poor, 1753-74); various committees; correspondence; lectures and sermons (including mss. by Henry Wilder Foote, James Freeman, and Francis W.P. Greenwood, among others); William Price estate papers; Ephraim Peabody papers; and miscellaneous collections, including visit records of James Freeman and epitaphs in King's Chapel Burial Ground.

24 boxes, 29 vols. (8 extra tall), 1 folder, and 1 oversize box.

Massachusetts Historical Society

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SNAC Resource ID: 7142794

Massachusetts Historical Society

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King's Chapel (Boston, Mass.)

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Foote, Henry Wilder, 1838-1889

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Peabody, Ephraim, 1807-1856

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Ephraim Peabody (1807-1856) was born in Wilton, New Hampshire, graduated from Bowdoin College in 1827 and from Harvard Divinity School in 1830. He served parishes in Meadville, Pennsylvania, Cincinnati, Ohio, and New Bedford and Cambridge, Massachusetts. From 1846 until 1855 he was the pastor of King's Chapel, Boston. He helped plan the Boston Public Schools system and was a founder of the Prudent Institution for Savings, a forerunner of modern savings banks. He also served as an editor of the W...

Freeman, James, 1759-1835

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Greenwood, F. W. P. (Francis William Pitt), 1797-1843

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Price, William (American cabinetmaker, 1684-1771)

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Church of England

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According to the Canons of 1604, XLIX-LII, of the Church of England, only those persons whose faith and learning are known to their bishop are licensed to preach. Such is the case because the Anglican bishop has pastoral charge of his entire diocese, and the ministers of that diocese, and the ministers of that diocese are considered to be his assistants. From the description of Church of England licensing document, 1886. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122406060 The major mis...