Correspondence, 1760-1790.

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Correspondence, 1760-1790.

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Chiefly letters (1781-1790) between Belknap and his wife, Ruth, and their children, Joseph, Sarah, and Samuel, together with letters relating to Belknap's earlier life and suggesting various ministerial and teaching positions.

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New Hampshire Historical Society Library

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Belknap, Jeremy, 1744-1798

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Jeremy Belknap was born in Boston on June 4, 1744. He received an AB from Harvard in 1762 and an AM in 1765. He became the minister of the First Congregational Church of Dover, New Hampshire in 1767, and later served as the minister of the Church in Long Lane, Boston. As a historian, Belknap published the History of New Hampshire and American Biography. His work on American Biography encouraged an interest in Harvard's history, and he explained in a letter two months before his de...