Records, 1818-1819.

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Records, 1818-1819.

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Papers relating to the results of the church council (1818 Nov. 18), including memo of Abiel Holmes, pastor of the First Church, Cambridge, Mass.; together with A Statement of the Proceedings in the First Church and Parish in Dedham respecting the Settlement of a Minister, 1818, with Some Considerations on Congregational Church Policy (1819), written by Samuel Haven.

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Haven, Samuel, 1771-1847

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Haven received his A.B. from Harvard in 1789. From the description of Mathematics notebook : manuscript, 1785-1789. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612876097 ...

First Church (Dedham, Mass.)

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Church gathered in 1638; First Parish organized during the first part of the 18th century; in 1818 incumbent minister, Joshua Bates, resigned and the decision over his successor resulted in the famous Dedham case, during which a Unitarian majority of the parish outvoted the Trinitarian majority of the church, causing the latter to form a separate church, the Allin Church, which attempted to gain title to First Church property by the Dedham Decision of 1820, at which time, the liberal parish majo...

First Church (Cambridge, Mass.)

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The First Church was formed in Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1633, but in 1636 the minister and most of the members removed to Hartford, Conn. In 1829 the First Parish or First Church (Congregational) in Cambridge split into factions of Unitarian and Trinitarian persuasion. The latter, with the pastor Abiel Holmes, separated to form the Shepard Congregational Society, and continued subsequently under the name of the First Church. The Unitarians continued to be known as the First Parish, though cla...

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...