Records, 1792-1909 (inclusive).

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Records, 1792-1909 (inclusive).

Society, Proprietors', and Church records, 1795-1873; financial records, 1792-1864; Sunday School and Teachers' Association records, 1828-1909; photographs and clippings; and correspondence, 1792-1864. Includes letters to, from, and concerning Charles Bulfinch, Paul Dean, James Eastwood, Sumner Ellis, Noah Murray Gaylord, John Murray, Noah Murray, Alonzo A. Miner, Edward Mitchel, George Richards, Thomas W. Silloway, Sebastian Streeter, Edward Turner, and James Harvey Tuttle.

4 linear ft. (16 boxes).

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First Universalist Church (Boston, Mass.)

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Ellis, Sumner, 1828-1886

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Dean, Paul, 1789-1860.

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Gaylord, Noah Murray, d. 1873.

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Mitchel, Edward, 1796-1837?

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Turner, Edward, 1776-1853

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Edward Turner (1776-1853) was born in Medfield, Massachusetts, and became a Universalist in 1793. He studied with Hosea Ballou, and he and Ballou shared the southern Worcester County (Mass.) circuit until 1803. In 1811 he and Ballou co-founded the Gloucester Conference, a minister's colloquium for the discussion of theological questions. The Gloucester Conference published their discussions in The Gospel Visitant, which was printed by Turner in 1812. Turner was also influential in the founding o...

Murray, Noah, d. 1811.

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Silloway, Thomas W. (Thomas William), 1828-1910

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Streeter, Sebastian, 1783-1867

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Murray, John, 1741-1815

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Religious leader and founder of Universalism in America; born in England and emigrated to America in 1770. From the description of Correspondence, 1799 Feb. 21-1811 Apr. 22. (New York University, Group Batchload). WorldCat record id: 58770530 ...

Richards, George, d. 1814.

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Eastwood, James, 1829-1895.

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Tuttle, James Harvey, 1824-1903

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Bulfinch, Charles, 1763-1844

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Architect and public official. Bulfinch worked on and completed the United States Capitol building in Washington D.C. (1817-1830). Thomas Bulfinch (1796-1867) writer of "The age of fable," "The age of chivalry; or, legends of King Arthur." Stephen Greenleaf Bulfinch was a minister in Augusta, Georgia. From the description of Personal and family papers, 1817-1913. (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 41416141 Architect. From the description of Charles Bulfinch ...

Miner, Alonzo Ames, 1814-1895.

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Alonzo Ames Miner (1814-1895) had little formal education, but was ordained to the Universalist ministry in 1839. Rev. Miner served in Methuen, Massachusetts, and the School Street Church of Boston. He dedicated his life to education, serving at various times on the Board of Trustees of Tufts College, the Board of Overseers of Harvard College, and the Massachusetts State Board of Education. He was also the second president of Tufts College, from 1862 to 1875, and is attributed with being very in...