Memoir of John Pierce, D.D., ca. 1849-1852.

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Memoir of John Pierce, D.D., ca. 1849-1852.

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Memoir of Massachusetts Historical Society member Rev. John Pierce, minister of the First Parish Church (Unitarian) at Brookline Mass. Written by Pierce's daughter Mary Wild (Pierce) Poor, the memoir along with an extract of a letter by Rev. Frederic H. Hedge, Pierce's son-in-law, were edited by Charles Lowell for publication in the M.H.S. "Collections."

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First Parish Church (Brookline, Mass.)

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Poor, Mary Wild Pierce, b. ca. 1820.

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Hedge, Frederic Henry, 1805-1890

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Frederic Henry Hedge was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1805, the son of Levi Hedge, a professor of logic at Harvard, and Mary Kneeland Hedge, the granddaughter of Edward Holyoke, president of Harvard (1737-1769). After spending 4 years studying in Germany he attemded Harvard University starting in 1822 and graduated in 1825. He studied theology in the Divinity School in Cambridge and was ordained in 1829. He served as pastor in West Cambridge, Massachusetts; Bangor, Maine; Providence, Rhod...

Lowell, Charles, 1782-1861

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Charles Lowell (1782-1861) was born in Boston, Massachusetts, and graduated from Harvard College in 1800. After studying law for a year he decided to pursue a career in ministry, and he traveled to Edinburgh, Scotland, where he studied for the ministry until 1805. He then returned to the United States, and in 1806 was ordained as minister and pastor at the West Church in Boston . He married Harriet Spence in 1806, and the couple had six children, two of whom - Robert Trail Spence and James Russe...

Pierce, John, 1773-1849

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John Pierce (1773-1849) was born in Dorchester, Massachusetts, and graduated from Harvard College in 1793. He accepted an invitation to become the pastor of the First Church in Brookline, Massachusetts, and was ordained on March 15, 1797. In 1798, he married Abigail Lovel, who died in 1800. In 1802, he married Lucy Tappan, and he and Lucy were married for 47 years and had 10 children. Pierce was the sole pastor of the First Church in Brookline for 50 years. He was also a member of the Massachuse...