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ITEM — Box: 3, Folder: 2 Identifier: bMS 450, bMS 450/3 (2)

Complaint papers. "A copy of the articles of complaints by brother Eleazor Woodward against brother Joseph Kidder" for "trespassing on the rest of the Lord's day", the 1818 "scarecrow" case which brought much strife and controversy to the church and led to the appointing of a committee before which all complaints must be brought, the committee to determine if they should be brought before the church, including original complaint letters, reports of the Church Standing Committee and the Watchfulness and Discipline Committee, depositions, letters to the defendants and recommendations for excommunication for the cases of: Eli Curtis vs. John Haggett re. deceptive accounts, 1825; Eli Curtis vs. Asa Manning re. a personal squabble, 1826; Israel Goodridge vs. Eli Holt, 1834-1835; Jonah Wheeler vs. Ebenezer Martin, 1835. Letters re. a case between Deacon John Houston and Leonard Spaulding, a member of the Congregational Church in Francestown, N.H. See also bMS 450/3 (5)., 1818, 1825, 1834-1835, 1835 Digital

Dates

  • Creation: 1818
  • Creation: 1825
  • Creation: 1834-1835
  • Creation: 1835

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Extent

5 boxes

Repository Details

Part of the Harvard Divinity School Library, Harvard University Repository

Special Collections at Harvard Divinity School Library preserves and makes accessible primary source materials documenting the history of religion and theology, with particular historical emphasis on American liberal religious traditions. Though the historical strengths of the collections have been in the field of Christianity, other religious traditions are increasingly reflected, in step with Harvard Divinity School's evolving focus on global religious studies. Known as Andover-Harvard Theological Library since 1911, it was renamed the Harvard Divinity School Library in 2021.

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