Andrew Eliot diaries, 1740-1772.

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Andrew Eliot diaries, 1740-1772.

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Diaries of Rev. Andrew Eliot, minister of New North Church (Boston, Mass.), kept in interleaved almanacs for the years 1740-52, 1754, 1756, 1758-67, and 1769-72. The line-a-day entries note Eliot's preaching engagements, both in Boston and in neighboring communities, as well as noting other ministers who delivered sermons at the church. The diaries also contain accounts listing Eliot's income and expenses. Sources of income included his salary at the church, weddings performed, wood sold, rent, and interest earned. The expenses are mainly for household items, and for the education of his children. All diaries are kept in Nathaniel Ames almanacs, with an additional diary in a Job Shepard almanac for 1752.

2 pamphlet boxes.

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New North Church (Boston, Mass.)

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Organized in 1714 as the Fifth Church, the original meeting house on Hanover Street; mother church was the Old North Church (also known as Christ Church); society organized in 1803; listed as Unitarian from 1845-1851; New North Church joined Bullfinch Street Church ca. 1867; became extinct between 1884-1886. From the description of Records, 1722 Aug.-Nov. (American Congregational Association). WorldCat record id: 70951013 Org. 1714 as the Fifth Church, the original meeting h...

Eliot, Andrew, 1718-1778

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Andrew Eliot was born in Boston on December 21, 1718. He received from Harvard an AB in 1737 and an AM in 1740. He was ordained the pastor of the New North Church of Boston on April 14, 1742, and began a lifelong career as a respected and well-known minister. In 1758 he was appointed the clerk of Harvard’s Board of Overseers, and was elected to the Corporation in 1765. Eliot weathered the Revolutionary War in Boston, and at the request of General Washington made the official thanksgiving sermon ...