Letters to William Jenks, 1810-1831.

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Letters to William Jenks, 1810-1831.

Letters written by Congregational minister Abiel Holmes of Boston, Mass., 1810-31, to Congregational clergyman and librarian of the Massachusetts Historical Society William Jenks of Bath, Maine, discussing various Christian charitable associations in New England. Associations include the Society for Propagating the Gospel among Indians and Others in North America, the Massachusetts Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, Maine Missionary Society, and the Centre Congregational Society of Gilmanton, New Hampshire.

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Massachusetts Historical Society

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Massachusetts Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge

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Holmes, Abiel, 1763-1837

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Congregational clergyman of Cambridge, Mass. From the description of Meteorological register of Abiel Holmes, 1795-1829. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71069604 American Congregational clergyman and historian. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Cambridge, to Noah Webster, 1809 Sept. 5. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269523484 Congregational clergyman and historian; father of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. From the description of Ab...

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...

Maine Missionary Society

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Centre Congregational Society of Gilmanton, New Hampshire.

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