Church in Brattle Square (Boston, Mass.). Records, 1855-1884
Overview
Parsonage book, 1855-1884, and receipts and financial notes, 1864.
Dates
- Creation: 1855-1884
Conditions Governing Access
There are no restrictions on access to this collection.
Extent
0.35 cubic feetParsonage book, 1855-1884, and receipts and financial notes, 1864. Vital records of this church were published by the Benevolent Fraternity of Churches in 1902 under the title: The Manifesto Church : Records of the Church in Brattle Square, Boston, with Lists of Communicants, Baptisms, Marriages and Funerals, 1699-1872.
Biographical / Historical
The Brattle Street Church (also known as the Church in Brattle Square ) was gathered as the fourth church in Boston on Dec. 12, 1698. Because of its publication in 1699 of a platform of practice differing from that of the other Puritan churches, it was called " The Manifesto Church ." It became Unitarian under J.S. Buckminster. It became extinct in 1876.
Ministers: Benjamin Colman (1699-1747); William Cooper (1716-1743); Samuel Cooper (1746-1748); Peter Thacher (1785-1802); Joseph S. Buckminster (1805-1812); Edward Everett (1814-1815); John Gorham Palfrey (1813-1831); Samuel K. Lothrop (1834-1876).
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of the Unitarian Universalist Association
Processed by
Douglas Stange, 1966
- Title
- Church in Brattle Square (Boston, Mass.) Records (bMS 1): Register
- Author
- Andover-Harvard Theological Library
- Language of description
- und
- EAD ID
- div00001
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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