Additions to papers, 1802-1879.

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Additions to papers, 1802-1879.

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Additions to the papers of William Jenks, Congregational minister and member of many charitable and antiquarian organizations, resident member and librarian (1823-32) of the Massachusetts Historical Society. Collection consists of correspondence (1802-1861) with friends and professional acquaintances including Amos Bingham, Charles Cleveland, Robert Morrison (a missionary at Macao), James Savage, John Wingate Thornton, and one letter (1815) from Jenks's son Theodore R. Jenks. Topics include Mass. Historical Society business, the Maine Missionary Society, the Green Street Church (Boston, Mass.), the First Congregational (South) Church of Bath, Me., and the Society for Religious and Moral Instruction of the Poor.

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Massachusetts Historical Society

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First Church (Bath, Me.)

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Thornton, John Wingate, 1818-1878

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John Wingate Thornton (1818-1878), a Boston lawyer, historian and antiquary, was a founder of the New England Historic Genealogical Society and was elected to membership in the American Antiquarian Society in 1855. He authored several books, including _The Landing at Cape Ann_ (Boston: Gould and Lincoln, 1854) and _The Pulpit of the American Revolution_ (Boston: Gould and Lincoln, 1860), as well as several articles and pamphlets, including _The First Records of Anglo-American Colonization: Their...

Bingham, Amos.

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Jenks, William, 1778-1866

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William Jenks was born in Newton, Massachusetts on November 25, 1778. He received an A.B. from Harvard College in 1797, an A.M. in 1800 and an S.T.D. in 1842. He also received two degrees from Bowdoin College: an S.T.D. in 1825 and an L.L.D. in 1862. Jenks served as pastor of churches in Cambridge, Massachusetts and Bath, Maine before joining the faculty of Bowdoin College as professor of Oriental and English literature. He later returned to Boston, where he founded a mission for seamen and took...

Cleveland, Charles G., 1927-

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Maine Missionary Society

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Savage, James, 1784-1873

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James Savage received his A.B. from Harvard in 1803. From the description of [Student theme] , March 14, [1803]. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 77072623 ...

Society for Religious and Moral Instruction of the Poor.

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Morrison, Robert,

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Epithet: Reverend British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001440.0x000006 Came to Kaskaskia in 1798 prior to Illinois statehood. He served in the Indiana territorial legislature and was one of the first Randolph County Commissioners and Adjutant General in the Illinois Territory, 1809. His brothers' William and James also lived in Kaskaskia. His brother Joseph and his wife, Anne, remained in Philadelphia. F...

Jenks, Theodore Russell, b. 1802.

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Green Street Church (Boston, Mass.)

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Green Street Church; Boston, Mass.; gathered 1823; in 1844 united with Garden Street Church to form Messiah Church, which disbanded in 1846. From the description of Records of the Congregational Church of Christ in Green Street, Boston, 1826-1865. (New England Historic Genealogical Society). WorldCat record id: 56725788 Church gathered in 1823; William Jenks was the only minister. In 1844 Green Street Church united with Garden Street Church to form Messiah Church, which disb...