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bMS 13

Cambridge, Massachusetts. First Parish in Cambridge, Records, 1834-1912.

Summary Information:

Call Number: bMS 13
Title: First Parish in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Records, 1834-1912.
Repository: Andover-Harvard Theological Library, Harvard Divinity School, 45 Francis Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138-1911
Quantity: 4 boxes

Administrative Information:

Acquisition Information: Gift of the First Parish in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Access: There are no restrictions on access to this collection. Literary rights, except for brief passages for publication, retained by the First Parish.

Historical Note:

See bMS 300 for a short history of First Parish in Cambridge.

Container List:

Note: For additional records, see bMS 300.

bMS 13/1 (1): Parish vote as to pulpit, 1855; Copy of deed, Harvard College to First Parish, June 28, 1834; Letter of Dr. Newell to J. R. Richards, February 5, 1859; List of pew owners, 1861; and Petition as to King's Chapel Liturgy.
bMS 13/1 (2): Correspondence and announcements regarding the practical affairs of the congregation, 1863-1868; Dr. Newell's letter of resignation, 1868; letters relating to relations between parish and Harvard College; and Plan of pews with prices, 1868.
bMS 13/1 (3): Practical parish affairs, 1869-1870; and Call issued to James Freeman Clarke, 1870.
bMS 13/1 (4): Practical parish affairs, 1870-1872; Call issued to Charles Lowe, 1870; Call issued to Dr. Stebbens, 1872; and Call issued to Henry Powers, 1872.
bMS 13/1 (5): Ditto, 1873-1874; and Call to Francis Greenwood Peabody, 1874. [He accepted!]
bMS 13/1 (6): Ditto, 1875-1876.
bMS 13/1 (7): Ditto, 1877-1878.
bMS 13/1 (8): Ditto, 1879-1880; and some correspondence by Francis Greenwood Peabody.
bMS 13/1 (9): Ditto, 1881-1882.
bMS 13/2 (1): Ditto, 1883-1886.
bMS 13/2 (2): Ditto, 1887-1888.
bMS 13/2 (3): Ditto, 1889-1890.
bMS 13/2 (4): Ditto, 1891-1892; and Will of Susan E. W. Brackett.
bMS 13/2 (5): Ditto, 1893; and Membership List, 1868-1893.
bMS 13/2 (6): Ditto, 1894.
bMS 13/2 (7): Ditto, 1895.
bMS 13/3 (1): Ditto, 1896.
bMS 13/3 (2): Ditto, 1897.
bMS 13/3 (3): Practical parish affairs, 1898.
bMS 13/3 (4): Ditto, 1899.
bMS 13/3 (5): Ditto, 1900.
bMS 13/3 (6): "List of Members of the Congregation," 1900.
bMS 13/4 (1): "Record Book of the Building Committee," 1901-1903.
bMS 13/4 (2): Practical parish affairs, 1901.
bMS 13/4 (3): Ditto, 1902.
bMS 13/4 (4): Ditto, 1903.
bMS 13/4 (5): Ditto, 1904.
bMS 13/4 (6): Ditto, 1905.
bMS 13/4 (7): Ditto, 1906.
bMS 13/4 (8): Ditto, 1907.
bMS 13/4 (9): Ditto, 1908.
bMS 13/4 (10): Ditto, 1909-1910.
bMS 13/4 (11): Ditto, 1911-1912.