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Cambridge, Mass. First Church records, 1784-1968.
Collection
Identifier: RG4935
Abstract
Cambridge, Massachusetts, was fist settled in 1630 and the first meeting house was erected in 1632. Public worship began in 1633 with Thomas Hooker and the First Church of Cambridge was formally established in 1636 with Thomas Shepard as the first minister. In 1650, 1706, and 1757 the second, third, and fourth meeting houses were constructed. The Parish split in 1829 between Unitarians and traditional Congregationalists after the parish severed its contract with Abiel Holmes over his refusal...
Dates:
1784-1968
Found in:
Congregational Library & Archives
Edward Franklin Williams papers, 1859-1918.
Collection
Identifier: MS4981
Abstract
Edward Franklin Williams was born in Uxbridge, Massachusetts on July 22, 1832. He graduated from Yale in 1856 after which he spent three years teaching in Connecticut and Massachusetts. He then went to the Princeton Theological Seminary where he graduated in 1861. He was licensed by the Presbytery of New Brunswick in 1861. When the Civil War broke out, Williams joined the Christian Commission where he distributed religious literature, medical aid, and various supplies to Union troops. The...
Dates:
1859-1918
Found in:
Congregational Library & Archives
Susan Counce Hunt papers, 1793-1835.
Collection
Identifier: MS1111
Scope and Contents
This collection contains diaries (journals), extracts from sermons, readings, and letters from 1793-1835. Contained in 8 handmade books. One letter contains an essay entitled "On the Millenium" which mentions Jonathan Edwards. One journal is an arithmatic book attributed to "Sukey Counce Hunt." Also contains correspondence between the author's parents, Mary (Counce) Hunt and Daniel Hunt, which chronicles life in Boston during British occupation, and a diary of Mary Hunt's.
Dates:
1793-1835
Found in:
Congregational Library & Archives
William H. Young papers, 1908-1973. : [manuscript]
Collection
Identifier: MS4744
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of papers concerning his education and ministry, including sermon notes, records of income and expenses, personal diaries, documents about the lives of the churches in which he served, and correspondence documenting the 1950’s merger between the Congregational Church and the Evangelical and Reformed Church, which he strongly opposed. Together these papers give considerable detail about church business and the economically difficult life of a minister in small...
Dates:
1908-1973
Found in:
Congregational Library & Archives
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