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bMS 124

Dall, Charles Henry Appleton. Papers, 1845-1886.

Summary Information:

Call Number: bMS 124
Title: Dall, Charles Henry Appleton. Papers, 1845-1886
Repository: Andover-Harvard Theological Library, Harvard Divinity School, 45 Francis Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138-1911
Quantity: 12 boxes

Administrative Information:

Acquisition Information: Gift of the Unitarian Universalist Association, 1968.
Access: There are no restrictions on access to this collection.

Biographical Note:

For biographical information on Charles Henry Appleton Dall, see bMS 483.

Scope and Content:

The collection is organized into the following six series:

Series I. Sermons
Series II. Lectures
Series III. Correspondence
Series IV. Newspaper clippings
Series V. Notebooks
Series VI. Photograph album and miscellaneous documents

Note: For additional papers, see bMS 483.

Container List:

Series I. Sermons

A. By Number.

bMS 124/1 (1) Sermon index.
bMS 124/1 (1A) Dall references in AUA Letterbooks, the Inquirer, the Unitarian Herald (compiled for Spencer Lavan)
bMS 124/1 (2) Sermons #1 and #2.
bMS 124/1 (3) Sermons #100-101, 103, 110, 112-113, 115-116.
bMS 124/1 (4) Sermons #119-121, 123, 125.
bMS 124/1 (5) Sermons #126, 128-132.
bMS 124/1 (6) Sermons #133-139.
bMS 124/1 (7) Sermons #140-145.
bMS 124/1 (8) Sermons #147-148, 150.
bMS 124/1 (9) Sermons #166, 176, 178-182.
bMS 124/1 (10) Sermons #186-190.
bMS 124/1 (11) Sermons #192, 194, 196-201.

B. By Date.

bMS 124/2 (1) Sermon, 1845.
bMS 124/2 (2) Sermons, 1846.
bMS 124/2 (3-4) Sermons, 1847.
bMS 124/2 (5) Sermons, 1849.
bMS 124/2 (6) Sermons, 1850.
bMS 124/2 (7) Sermon, 1851.
bMS 124/2 (8) Sermon, 1859.
bMS 124/2 (9) Sermons undated.

Series II. Lectures

bMS 124/2 (10) "On Self-cultivation."
bMS 124/2 (11) "On the Condition of the Poor in England."
bMS 124/2 (12) "The Poor and the Pauper."
bMS 124/2 (13) "Religion as Feeling."
bMS 124/2 (14) "Religion as Power."
bMS 124/2 (15) "Religion as Conscience."
bMS 124/2 (16) "Religion as Thought."
bMS 124/2 (17) "Religion as Worship."
bMS 124/2 (18) "Rome as It Is."
bMS 124/2 (19) "St. Helena."
bMS 124/2 (20) "True Sketches of Life Among the Poor."
bMS 124/2 (21) "Who are the Hindoos?"
bMS 124/3 (1) Unidentified writings on India.
bMS 124/3 (2) Unidentified writings on India.
bMS 124/3 (3) Unidentified writings on India.

Series III. Correspondence

A. To Dall.

bMS 124/3 (4) "A"
bMS 124/3 (5) "B"
bMS 124/3 (6) "C"
bMS 124/4 (1) "D"
bMS 124/4 (2) "E"
bMS 124/4 (3) "F"
bMS 124/4 (4) "G"
bMS 124/4 (5) "H"
bMS 124/4 (6) "I"
bMS 124/4 (7) "J"
bMS 124/4 (8) "K"
bMS 124/4 (9) "L"
bMS 124/4 (10) "M"
bMS 124/4 (11) "N"
bMS 124/4 (12) "O"
bMS 124/4 (13) "P"
bMS 124/5 (1) "R"
bMS 124/5 (2) "S"
bMS 124/5 (3) "T"
bMS 124/5 (4) "U"
bMS 124/5 (5) "V"
bMS 124/5 (6) "W"
bMS 124/5 (7) Unidentified letters.
bMS 124/6 (1-5) Unidentified letters.

B. From Dall.

bMS 124/7 (1) "B"
bMS 124/7 (2) "C"
bMS 124/7 (3) "H"
bMS 124/7 (4) "K"
bMS 124/7 (5) "N"
bMS 124/7 (6) "O"
bMS 124/7 (7) "S"
bMS 124/7 (8) "W"
bMS 124/7 (9) Unidentified.

Series IV. Newspaper clippings

bMS 124/7 (10) Index to "press publications."
bMS 124/47 (11-12) Letters by Dall to various publications.
bMS 124/7 (13-14) Essays and articles by Dall.
bMS 124/8 (1) Articles in which reference to Dall is made.
bMS 124/8 (2) Hymns and poetry by Dall.
bMS 124/8 (3) Reports of the Legislative Council. By Dall(?)
bMS 124/8 (4) Articles that "appear" to have no connection with Dall.
bMS 124/9 (1) Articles that "appear" to have no connection with Dall.

Series V. Notebooks

bMS 124/9 (2) Subscriptions in aid of the Madras Mission and the Roberts School in that city.
bMS 124/9 (3) Calcutta from December 15, 1882. Addresses.
bMS 124/9 (4) Calcutta directions and addresses. Moneyed engagements.
bMS 124/9 (5) Reports for 1869 of the India Mission Committee.
bMS 124/9 (6) Religious services: Baptism, Marriage, Communion, Funerals, and Sunday School Addresses.
bMS 124/9 (7) Lectures on India. Miscellaneous other items.
bMS 124/9 (8) Sermons and copies of letters by Dall.
bMS 124/9 (9) September 1857. Sketches of Sermons. Vol. II.
bMS 124/9 (10) Sunday services, Calcutta, 1865.
bMS 124/9 (11) Topics presented at our gatherings of a Sunday morning. 1865.
bMS 124/9 (12) 1865. Sunday morning services led by C.H.A. Dall.
bMS 124/9 (13) Lecture on the Benefits of a Trip to England, January 9, 1873, by C.H.A. Dall.
bMS 124/9 (14) School sermons and addresses. 1872-1873.
bMS 124/9 (15) Sermon No. 7. For March 9, 1873.
bMS 124/9 (16) Sermon No. 9. For March 23, 1873.
bMS 124/9 (17) Sermon: "Combined Powers."
bMS 124/9 (18) Sermon: Combined Powers V.13."
bMS 124/9 (19) Sermon, untitled.
bMS 124/9 (20) Sermon thoughts, 1886.
bMS 124/9 (21) Sermons and school addresses and lessons. 1862.
bMS 124/9 (22) Synopses of three lectures. November, 1882.
bMS 124/9 (23) Lecture outlines.
bMS 124/9 (24) Lecture, untitled.
bMS 124/10 (1) Property now in the house of the Unitarian Mission and belonging to Rev. C.H.A. Dall. April 1862.
bMS 124/10 (2) Inventory of Dall's study on leaving Boston for Calcutta, 1863. Also includes temperance matters.
bMS 124/10 (3) Diary, December 26, 1865-January 27, 1866.
bMS 124/10 (4) 20 days in London, June-July 1861.
bMS 124/10 (5) Copied letters by Dall, Calcutta, 1855-1856, Vol. I. With index.
bMS 124/10 (6) Copied letters by Dall, Calcutta, 1856, Vol. II. With index.
bMS 124/10 (7) Copy of a letter written in 1878 to the AUA by Mrs. Stewart.
bMS 124/10 (8) "Buddhism" by C.H.A. Dall. Supplement. Bouquet of facts and testimonies.
bMS 124/10 (9) Miscellaneous material: Sunday attendance, Communion partakers, books sold, books given, books lent, subjects of preaching (sermons), any donations received by Dall, etc.
bMS 124/10 (10) Miscellaneous material: Sunday attendance July to Dec. 1859, books sold, books lent, books given, subjects of sermons, lectures and public addresses, donations to the mission, Dall's press contributions for 1860, etc.
bMS 124/10 (11) Boston account with the American Unitarian Association - to be paid me through Mr. W.S. Bullard or his agent in Calcutta.
bMS 124/10 (12) Cover titles: "Current Cash C.H.A. Dall 1861," and "To My Madras Report 1861-2."
bMS 124/10 (13) Petty cash accounts, 1863-1877. Miscellaneous other items.
bMS 124/10 (14) Miscellaneous items: Small purchases made in Madras, estimate of outlays, order for ordination service, current cash, must do after December 15th, etc.
bMS 124/10 (15) Concerns water pumps.
bMS 124/10 (16) Miscellaneous material: Publish my second course of ten lectures, work pressing, illustrations of Asiatic life, etc.
bMS 124/10 (17) Miscellaneous material: Includes Dall's will.
bMS 124/10 (18) Miscellaneous material: Topics for AUA, sermons, addresses, articles to write, report of my work, etc.
bMS 124/10 (19) The Grammar of Morals; Laws of Life.
bMS 124/10 (20) A notebook of miscellaneous quotations.
bMS 124/10 (21) A book of miscellaneous notes.

Series VI. Photograph album and miscellaneous documents

bMS 124/11 (1) "How to Pray," a manual.
bMS 124/11 (2) Devotional material: funeral, baptism, marriage, etc.
bMS 124/11 (3) Essays and notes.
bMS 124/11 (4) Miscellaneous material dealing with financial matters.
bMS 124/11 (5-6) Miscellaneous notes, reports, etc.
bMS 124/12 Photograph album - contains photographs of Dall family members, plus many of the leading figures of the time, including Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, William Lloyd Garrison, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and Daniel Webster.