bMS 481
Gannett, Ezra Stiles. Papers, 1824-1924.
Summary Information:
- Call Number: bMS 481
- Title: Gannett, Ezra Stiles. Papers, 1824-1924.
- Repository: Andover-Harvard Theological Library, Harvard Divinity School, 45 Francis Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138-1911
- Quantity: 1 box
Administrative Information:
- Access: There are no restrictions on access to this collection.
Biographical Information:
Ezra Stiles Gannett (1801-1871) graduated from Harvard College in 1820, and from Harvard Divinity School in 1823. He served as an overseer of the University from 1835 to 1858. Ordained in 1824, Reverend Gannett became an assistant minister at the Federal Street Church (Unitarian) in Boston and became its pastor in 1842, a position he held until his death in 1871. He was one of the founding members of the American Unitarian Association (AUA), and authored its constitution. Gannett served the AUA as its first secretary and as president from 1847 to 1851.
Scope and Content:
The collection is organized in the following series:
- Series I. General correspondence
- Series II. Gannett's ministry
- Series III. Gannett's printed sermons and pamplets
Note: see related collection: bMS 375
Container List:
Series I. General correspondence
- bMS 481/1 (1) Dated correspondence, 1824-1846.
- bMS 481/1 (2) Dated correspondence, 1846-1872.
- bMS 481/1 (3) Undated correspondence.
- bMS 481/1 (4) Printed collection of correspondence between Gannett and Proprietors Committee re: Gannett's resignation, 1869.
Series II. Gannett's ministry
- bMS 481/1 (5) Minutes of arrangements for ordination of Gannett, 1824.
- bMS 481/1 (6) Proprietors(?) Committee resolutions re: Gannett's health and recovery, 1836.
- bMS 481/1 (7) Gannett's salary receipts.
- bMS 481/1 (8) "Services in memory of Rev. Ezra Stiles Gannett," 1871.
- bMS 481/1 (9) Gannett memorial.
- bMS 481/1 (10) Letter from Charlotte Gannett MacDowell to Paul Frothingham re: Gannett's books, papers, and portraits, 1924.
Series III. Gannett's printed sermons and pamphlets
- bMS 481/1 (11) "The Arrival of the Britannia," 1840.
- bMS 481/1 (12) "The Faith of the Unitarian Christian explained, Justified, and Distinguished," 1845.
- bMS 481/1 (13) "The State of the Country," 1846.
- bMS 481/1 (14) "Discourse Delivered at the Dedication of the Church," 1862.
- bMS 481/1 (15) Sermon by Gannett commemorating his 40th year of ministry, 1864.
- bMS 481/1 (16) "A Letter to Rev. Ezra S. Gannett of Boston, Occasioned by his Tract on Atonement," by Nehemiah Adams, 1840.
- bMS 481/1 (17) "Discourse on the Life and Character of Rev. Ezra Stiles Gannett," by Calvin Lincoln, 1871.