bMS 586
Damon, David. Papers, 1820-1845.
Summary Information:
- Call Number: bMS 586
- Title: Damon, David. Papers, 1820-1845.
- Repository: Andover-Harvard Theological Library, Harvard Divinity School, 45 Francis Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138-1911
- Quantity: 1 box (.35 cu. ft.)
Administrative Information:
- Acquisition Information: Purchased from Carmen D. Valentino, Rare Books and Manuscripts, 2956 Richmond Street, Philadelphia, PA 19134, November 2002.
- Access: There are no restrictions on access to this collection.
Biographical Information:
David Damon (1788-1843) was a Unitarian minister. He graduated from Harvard Divinity School in 1811. He also helped found Cambridge's Harvard Lyceum, studied theology at the Andover Theological Seminary, and was pastor in Lunenburg, Massachusetts, from 1815 to 1827. He was pastor of the West Cambridge Unitarian Church (now the First Parish Unitarian Universalist Church of Arlington) from 1835 to 1843. In 1841, he gave the Dudleian lecture at Harvard.
Scope and Content:
Collection includes 14 of Damon's handwritten paper-bound journals, 1838-1843. These journals record Damon's contacts with his clerical colleagues, his family members, his work on particular sermons and Lyceum lectures, meetings of voluntary associations to which he belonged, and various other aspects of his personal and professional life. Newspapers with Damon's obituaries, pamphlets, sermons, and other documents are also included.
For related collections, please see the papers of Samuel Damon, bMS 515, and the records of the First Congregational Parish (Unitarian), Arlington, Mass., bMS 573/27 (10-11)
Container List:
- bMS 586/1 (1) Journal, June 17, 1835-December 31, 1838.
- bMS 586/1 (2) Journal, January 1, 1839-June 17, 1839.
- bMS 586/1 (3) Journal, June 19, 1839-October 31, 1839.
- bMS 586/1 (4) Journal, November 1, 1839-February 12, 1840.
- bMS 586/1 (5) Journal, February 13, 1840-June 21, 1840.
- bMS 586/1 (6) Journal, June 22, 1840-November 6, 1840.
- bMS 586/1 (7) Journal, November 10, 1840-December 22, 1840.
- bMS 586/1 (8) Journal, January 23, 1841-April 5, 1941.
- bMS 586/1 (9) Journal, April 6, 1841-January 5, 1842.
- bMS 586/1 (10) Journal, March 27, 1842-June 30, 1842.
- bMS 586/1 (11) Journal, July 6, 1842-October 31, 1842 (plus genealogy of Damon families, completed in 1845).
- bMS 586/1 (12) Journal, November 10, 1842-December 24, 1842.
- bMS 586/1 (13) Journal, January 1, 1843-March 31, 1843.
- bMS 586/1 (14) Journal, April 1, 1843-June 21, 1843.
- bMS 586/1 (15) Damon, Samuel (son of David Damon), obituaries.
- bMS 586/1 (16) David Damon to Rebecca Derby (poetry).
- bMS 586/1 (17) Acceptance of David Damon's resignation from the military as chaplain, 1825.
- bMS 586/1 (18) Appointment of David Damon as military chaplain, 1820.
- bMS 586/1 (19) A Unitarian Creed.
- bMS 586/1 (20) "A Discourse Delivered Before the First Congregational Society in Sudbury, Massachusetts."
- bMS 586/1 (21) "Documents Relating to the Dismissal of Rev. David Damon, from the Pastoral Care of the Congregational Society of Salisbury and Amesbury, December 4, 1832.
- bMS 586/1 (22) Papers relating to property owned by the Damon family.
- bMS 586/1 (23) Damon family papers.
- bMS 586/1 (24) Sermon, labeled "Teachers Journal," from L.G. Damon.
- bMS 586/1 (25) Order of Exercises at the Dedication of the New Meeting House, First Congregational Parish in West Cambridge, December 2, 1840.
- bMS 586/1 (26) Obituary of David Damon, Christian Register, 1843.
- bMS 586/1 (27) Obituary of David Damon, Christian World, 1843.
- bMS 586/1 (28) 500 Reward Notice, n.d.
- bMS 586/1 (29) "Old Deeds belonging to Rev. David Damon; old insurance policies; copy of Accts of Administration."