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Cleaveland Family papers, 1742-1858.
Collection
Identifier: MS5355
Abstract
John Cleaveland (1722-1799) was an early leader in the "separatist" Christian movement. His career can be traced to a conflict with the administration of Yale College, at which he was a student. Refusing to repent for attending a separatist congregation, he was expelled from the college in 1745. Subsequently he served as a separatist minister in Boston and at the Chebacco Church in Ipswich. He also served as a military chaplain in the French and Indian War and the American Revolution....
Dates:
1742-1858
Found in:
Congregational Library & Archives
Martyn, Sanford Smith Papers, 1871-1872. : [manuscript]
Collection
Identifier: MS0920
Dates:
1871-1872
Found in:
Congregational Library & Archives
New Bedford, Mass. Congregational Church records, 1814. : [manuscript]
Collection
Identifier: RG0933
Dates:
1814
Found in:
Congregational Library & Archives
Reuben A. Beard papers, 1873-1945.
Collection
Identifier: MS5095
Abstract
Reuben Alview Beard served as a Congregational minister, with the Home Missions, and as president of Fargo College. The collection consists of clippings, brochures, photographs, programs, biographical information, and correspondence.
Dates:
1873-1945
Found in:
Congregational Library & Archives
Woods Family papers, 1796-1896.
Collection
Identifier: MS1009
Abstract
Leonard Woods was born in Princeton, Massachusetts and eventually graduated from Harvard in 1796. He was ordained at Second Church of West Newbury, Massachusetts on December 5, 1798; He held onto that position until May 25, 1808 to become Professor of Theology at the Andover seminary and stayed there until his resignation in 1846. Leonard Woods received his Doctor of Divinity from Dartmouth in 1810 and another D.D. soon after from Nassau Hall. He played a role in the Unitarian controversy in...
Dates:
1796-1896
Found in:
Congregational Library & Archives