Papers, 1872-1943 (inclusive).

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Papers, 1872-1943 (inclusive).

Letters, 1872-1936; sermons, 1879-1933; addresses and articles, 1885-1938; record book, 1882-1943, of the christenings, marriages, and funerals that Eliot performed; and subject files relating to the Bulfinch Place Church, the Benevolent Fraternity of Unitarian Churches, and to his work for the Unitarian Historical Society and the Unitarian Temperance Society. Also included are seven chapters of an unpublished biography of Joseph Tuckerman.

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