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bMS 428

Eliot, Christopher Rhodes. Chapters in a Biography of Joseph Tuckerman.

Summary Information:

Call Number: bMS 428
Title: Eliot, Christopher Rhodes. Chapters in a Biography of Joseph Tuckerman.
Repository: Andover-Harvard Theological Library, Harvard Divinity School, 45 Francis Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138-1911
Quantity: 1 box

Administrative Information:

Acquisition Information: Gift of Unitarian Universalist Association, 1970.
Access: There are no restrictions on access to this collection.

Biographical Information:

Christopher Rhodes Eliot (1856-1945) graduated from Washington University (St. Louis) in 1876 and Harvard Divinity School in 1881. He was ordained to the Unitarian ministry in 1882 and served in Dorchester and Bulfinch Place Chapel, Boston.

Scope and Content:

Collection consists of a manuscript of a biography of Joseph Tuckerman (1778-1840), a Unitarian minister who was an advocate of social and political reform especially in regard to the poor of Boston.

Container List:

bMS 428/1 (1) Chapter I - Joseph Tuckerman.
bMS 428/1 (2) Chapter II - Boston in 1826.
bMS 428/1 (3) Chapter III - Joseph Tuckerman, Minister-at-Large. (Two drafts, one marked Chapter 5.)
bMS 428/1 (4) Chapter IV - Dr. Tuckerman, Pioneer in Philanthropy.
bMS 428/1 (5) Chapter 4A - Genealogy and Education.
bMS 428/1 (6) Chapter 4B - Dr. Tuckerman in Chelsea (and the part he took in theological discussions or denominational affairs).
bMS 428/1 (7) Chapter VI - Dr. Tuckerman a Pioneer in Scientific Philanthropy.