bMS 351

Ballou, Hosea Faxon, 1799-1881. Papers, ca. 1835-1871.

Summary Information:

• Call Number: bMS 351    
• Title: Ballou, Hosea Faxon, 1799-1881. Papers, ca. 1835-1871
• Repository: Andover-Harvard Theological Library, Harvard Divinity School, 45 Francis Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138-1911
• Quantity: 5 boxes

Administrative Information:

• Acquisition Information: Gift of the Universalist Historical Society, 1976.
• Access: There are no restrictions on access to this collection.

Biographical Information:

Hosea Faxon Ballou (1799-1881) was born in Dana, Massachusetts. He married in 1817 and he and his wife Mary had ten children. Ballou began theological studies under the Rev. Benjamin Whittemore in 1832 and was ordained in Boston in 1833. For nearly fifty years he was a man of enormous religious influence in southern Vermont. In addition to his pastoral duties, he served as the Whitingham, Vermont, town clerk for seventeen years; was twice elected to the Vermont State Constitutional Convention; served in the Vermont State Legislature, and was president of the Wilmington (Vt.) Savings Bank for seven years. He died in Wilmington, Vermont.

Container List:

Dated Sermons

• bMS 351/1 (1) 1835-36.
• bMS 351/1 (2) 1838.
• bMS 351/1 (3) 1839: January-June.
• bMS 351/1 (4) 1839: July-November.
• bMS 351/1 (5) 1840: January-June.
• bMS 351/1 (6) 1840: July-December.
• bMS 351/1 (7) 1841: January-April.
• bMS 351/1 (8) 1841: July-December.
• bMS 351/1 (9) 1842: January-March.
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• bMS 351/2 (1) 1842: May-September.
• bMS 351/2 (2) 1842: October-December.
• bMS 351/2 (3) 1843.
• bMS 351/2 (4) 1844.
• bMS 351/2 (5) 1845.
• bMS 351/2 (6) 1846-1849.
• bMS 351/2 (7) 1850, 1855, 1858, 1860, 1863.
• bMS 351/2 (8) 1865, 1871.

Undated Sermons

• bMS 351/3 (1) Old Testament: Genesis.
• bMS 351/3 (2) Old Testament: Exodus-Leviticus.
• bMS 351/3 (3) Old Testament: 1 Samuel-Job.
• bMS 351/3 (4) Old Testament: Psalms.
• bMS 351/3 (5) Old Testament: Proverbs.
• bMS 351/3 (6) Old Testament: Ecclesiastes-Zachariah.
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• bMS 351/4 (1) New Testament: Matthew.
• bMS 351/4 (2) New Testament: Mark-Luke.
• bMS 351/4 (3) New Testament: John 1:1-6:20.
• bMS 351/4 (4) New Testament: John 6:68-10:20.
• bMS 351/4 (5) New Testament: Acts.
• bMS 351/4 (6) New Testament: Romans.
• bMS 351/4 (7) New Testament: 1-2 Corinthians.
• bMS 351/4 (8) New Testament: Galatians.
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• bMS 351/5 (1) New Testament: Ephesians, Colossians.
• bMS 351/5 (2) New Testament: 1 Thessalonians, 1 Timothy.
• bMS 351/5 (3) New Testament: Titus, Hebrews.
• bMS 351/5 (4) New Testament: James.
• bMS 351/5 (5) New Testament: 1 Peter, 1 John.

Other Papers

• bMS 351/5 (6) Fragments: Biblical (two fragments are dated 1835 November 25 and 1848 January 27).
• bMS 351/5 (7) Fragments.
• bMS 351/5 (8) Fragments.
• bMS 351/5 (9) Fragments.
• bMS 351/5 (10) Miscellaneous papers (including poems, funeral addresses, "Religious Sentiments," and clippings.)