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COLLECTION Identifier: bMS 749

Osgood, George, 1817-1899. Papers, c. 1841-1852.

Overview

Papers of Universalist minister George Osgood, including course notes, discourses, sermons, and diary entries. The papers span c. 1841-1852.

Dates

  • Creation: 1841-1852

Access

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Extent

2 boxes

This collection contains course notes, essays (some, if not all, for courses), sermons, a section of Osgood’s personal diary, and a few fragments. Only four documents are dated: a collections of notes marked 1841 and 1844, a discourse from 1846, a sermon from 1846, and diary entries from 1852.

All but two of the sermons are numbered, from 9 to 228, with gaps—the largest gaps occur from 14–25, 59–82, 87–108, 112–170, and 200–228. Additionally, two separate sermons are numbered 57, and two others are numbered 108. There are a total of 78 sermons.

Biographical / Historical

George Osgood (1817-1899) was born on October 8, 1817 in Kensington, New Hampshire. He is the grand-nephew of Maj. Jeremiah Fogg, a prominent officer in the Revolutionary War; he is the great-great-grandson of Jeremiah Fogg, the first Kensington minister. He graduated from Harvard University in 1847. He became a Unitarian minister, beginning his service in Tyngsboro, Massachusetts in 1855. He later worked as the rector for Grace Episcopal Church in North Attleboro, Massachusetts in 1881, sat on Attleboro’s first board of trustees in 1889, and ministered at All Saints Episcopal Church in Attleboro from 1890-1893. In his spare time he wrote poetry which was published in newspapers and Salem Register. He died June 5, 1899.

Processing Information

This collection was processed by Michaela Montgomery, 2015.

Title
Osgood, George, 1817-1899. Papers, c. 1841-1852: A Finding Aid.
Author
Andover-Harvard Theological Library
Language of description
und
EAD ID
div00749

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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