bMS 381

Peabody, Ephraim. Papers, 1831-1884.

Summary Information:

• Call Number: bMS 381
• Title: Peabody, Ephraim. Papers, 1831-1884.
• Repository: Andover-Harvard Theological Library, Harvard Divinity School, 45 Francis Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138-1911
• Quantity: 1 box

Administrative Information:

• Acquisition Information: Gift of Mrs. Thorndike Endicott, 1945.
• Access: There are no restrictions on access to this collection. 

Biographical Information:

Ephraim Peabody (1807-1856) was born in Wilton, New Hampshire, and graduated from Bowdoin College in 1827 and from Harvard Divinity School in 1830. He served parishes in Meadville, Pennsylvania, Cincinnati, Ohio, and New Bedford and Cambridge, Massachusetts. From 1846 until 1855 he was the pastor of King's Chapel, Boston. He helped plan the Boston Public School system and was a founder of the Prudent Institution for Savings, a forerunner of modern savings banks. He also served as an editor of the Western Messenger.

Scope and Content:

Collection consists primarily of correspondence to and from Ephraim Peabody. Also see related collection bMS 539.

Container List

• bMS 381/1 (1) Material relating to gift of papers.
• bMS 381/1 (2) Letter, 1846, to John N. Bellows. (1 letter).
• bMS 381/1 (3) Letter, 1833, to James Freeman Clarke. (1 letter).
• bMS 381/1 (4) Letter, 1834, to James Freeman Clarke. (1 letter).
• bMS 381/1 (5) Letters, January-June 1835, to James Freeman Clarke. (8 letters).
• bMS 381/1 (6) Letters, July-December 1835, to James Freeman Clarke. (4 letters).
• bMS 381/1 (7) Letters, 1836, to James Freeman Clarke. (3 letters).
• bMS 381/1 (8) Letters, 1837, to James Freeman Clarke. (4 letters).
• bMS 381/1 (9) Letter, 1838, to James Freeman Clarke. (1 letter).
• bMS 381/1 (10) Letter, 1839, to James Freeman Clarke. (1 letter).
• bMS 381/1 (11) Letter, 1847, to James Freeman Clarke. (1 letter).
• bMS 381/1 (12) Letters, no date, to James Freeman Clarke. (2 letters).
• bMS 381/1 (13) Letters, 1831, to Harm Jan Huidekoper. (4 letters).
• bMS 381/1 (14) Letters, 1831, to Harm Jan Huidekoper. (4 letters).
• bMS 381/1 (15) Letters, 1833, to Harm Jan Huidekoper. (2 letters).
• bMS 381/1 (16) Letters, 1835, to Harm Jan Huidekoper. (3 letters).
• bMS 381/1 (17) Letter, 1836, to Harm Jan Huidekoper. (1 letter).
• bMS 381/1 (18) Letter, April 22, 1854, to the Wardens of King's Chapel.
• bMS 381/1 (19) Letter, 1844, from A. Peabody to E. Peabody. (1 letter).
• bMS 381/1 (20) Letters, 1845, from A. Peabody to E. Peabody. (2 letters).
• bMS 381/1 (21) Letters, 1846, from A. Peabody to E. Peabody. (4 letters).
• bMS 381/1 (22) Letters, 1851, from A. Peabody to E. Peabody. (2 letters).
• bMS 381/1 (23) Letter, 2852, from A. Peabody to E. Peabody. (1 letter).
• bMS 381/1 (24) Letter, 1860, from A. Peabody to Mary Peabody (the wife of Ephraim Peabody.) (1 letter).
• bMS 381/1 (25) Sermon by Ephraim Peabody - "Spring" - printed in Every Other Saturday, May 24, 1884.
• bMS 381/1 (26) Proprietors of Pews in King's Chapel, meeting of 27 April, 1851.
• bMS 381/1 (27) Material relating to pews at King's Chapel.
• bMS 381/1 (28) New Bedford, Mass. Persons occupying pews in the Unitarian Church, December 1843.
• bMS 381/1 (29) Lists of Pew Holders in New Bedford, Mass., and in King's Chapel.
• bMS 381/1 (30) Peabody miscellaneous.

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