Diary and memorandum book, 1842 Apr. 26-1845 Jan. 1.

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Diary and memorandum book, 1842 Apr. 26-1845 Jan. 1.

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Channing's diary and memorandum book kept occasionally between Apr. 26, 1842-Jan. 1, 1845. Most of the volume is taken up with an account of the last days of his uncle, William Ellery Channing; the death of his own wife, Sarah; meditations on spiritual development, eternity, and existence; an original poem; an inventory of silver and jewelry; and other notes. This volume is a fragment of a much larger one and begins on p. 105-141, 150-153, 160-179.

1 v. (58 p.) ; 8 x 13 in.

New-York Historical Society

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Channing, W. H. (William Henry), 1810-1884

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William Henry Channing, Unitarian minister and reformer, was born in Boston, Mass. He was the editor of The western messenger, 1838-1839, spent time at Brook Farm, wrote a memoir of his uncle, William Ellery Channing (1848), and with Ralph Waldo Emerson and James Freeman Clarke, wrote a memoir of Margaret Fuller (1852). He later accepted positions as minister in several Unitarian churches in England. From the description of W.H. Channing letter to Dear Sir, 1852 Mar. 29. (Pennsylvani...

Channing, William Ellery, 1780-1842

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William Ellery Channing (1780-1842) graduated from Harvard College in 1798. He served on the board of the Harvard Corporation from 1813 to 1826, where he worked for the establishment of the Divinity School, which occurred in 1816. A Unitarian minister, Channing served as the pastor of the Federal Street Church in Boston from 1803 until his death in 1842. In 1819 he gave the landmark Unitarian sermon, Unitarian Christianity, which upon publication sold thousands of copies. A believer in the aboli...

Channing, Sarah, d. 1844.

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