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bMS 655

Abbot, Ephraim. Papers, 1813-1825.

Summary Information:

Call Number: bMS 655
Title: Abbot, Ephraim. Papers, 1813-1825.
Repository: Andover-Harvard Theological Library, Harvard Divinity School, 45 Francis Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138-1911
Quantity: 5 boxes

Administrative Information:

Access: There are no restrictions on access for this collection.

Biographical Information:

Ephraim Abbot (1779-1870) was born in Newcastle, Maine. He graduated from Harvard College in 1806 with an AB and from Andover Theological Seminary in 1810 with an AM. He was ordained in Greenland, New Hampshire, in 1813, and served as both a Congregational and Unitarian minister in Greenland, New Hampshire, and Westford, Massachusetts. Abbot was preceptor of Brackett Academy and principal of Westford Academy. He co-authored A Genealogical Register of the Descendants of Abbot (1847) with his cousin Abiel Abbot.

Scope and Content:

The bulk of this collection consists of Abbot's sermons, most of which are dated and arranged chronologically. Some of the sermons contain information on where they were delivered; most of them were preached in Greenland, New Hampshire. There is also some biographical and personal material, including travel logs and records of personal expenses.

Container List:

bMS 655/1 (1) Bible Citations.
bMS 655/1 (2) Bible Passages.
bMS 655/1 (3) Liber Precationis.
bMS 655/1 (4) Receipt for cleansing teeth; receipt for costiveness; travel log, 1822.
bMS 655/1 (5) Regulations for administration of unnamed seminary, n.d.
bMS 655/1 (6) Travel log; autobiographical data; record of preaching and accounts; personal expenses, 1811-1812.
bMS 655/1 (7) Question IIII, Andover Theological Institute, December 1808.
bMS 655/1 (8) 2 Corinthians 5:7; 1 Corinthians 11:28, both sermons in booklet inscribed Elizabeth Sullivan, July 20, 1808.
bMS 655/1 (9) Hebrews 12:14, n.d.
bMS 655/1 (10) John 5:36, n.d.
bMS 655/1 (11) Matthew 10:32, n.d.
bMS 655/1 (12) "On The Age of Reason, Part the Second," n.d.
bMS 655/1 (13) On the Argument for the Truth of Christianity, n.d.
bMS 655/1 (14) Title Page missing on Eternal Life, n.d.
bMS 655/1 (15) 2 fragments, n.d.
bMS 655/1 (16) On Seeking God, Isaiah 55:6, n.d.
bMS 655/1 (17) Perseverance of the Saints, n.d.
bMS 655/1 (18) Ephesians 5:6, Andover, January 2, 1811.
bMS 655/1 (19) Proverbs 23:7, Epping, 1811, and Dover, March 2, 1813.
bMS 655/1 (20) Matthew 5:3, April 1811.
bMS 655/1 (21) Romans 3:28, March 14, 1813.
bMS 655/1 (22) John 5:36.
bMS 655/1 (23) John 5:36.
bMS 655/1 (24) Acts 2:22-24.
bMS 655/1 (25) Isaiah 46:9-10, December 19, 1813.
bMS 655/1 (26) John 3:7, May 15, 1813.
bMS 655/1 (27) John 3:7.
bMS 655/1 (28) Timothy 4:8, 6:6, 1813.
bMS 655/1 (29) Ye Must Be Born Again.
bMS 655/1 (30) John 3:7, Greenland, New Hampshire, December 3, 1815.
bMS 655/1 (31) 2 Corinthians 5:17, May 16, 1813.
bMS 655/1 (32) Ezekiel 18:30, June 1813.
bMS 655/1 (33) Nehemiah 9:33, Coventry, Connecticut, July 23, 1812, and Greenland, New Hampshire, March 24, 1813.
bMS 655/1 (34) 1 Corinthians 11:28, Greenland, New Hampshire, May 21, 1813.
bMS 655/2 (1) Romans 13:12, March 2, 1813.
bMS 655/2 (2) Psalm 119:9, September 12, 1813.
bMS 655/2 (3) Philippians 2:1-2, October 31, 1813.
bMS 655/2 (4) Deuteronomy 5:12, November 7, 1813.
bMS 655/2 (5) Psalm 117:1-2, Thanksgiving, November 11, 1813.
bMS 655/2 (6) Matthew 10:32, November 21, 1813.
bMS 655/2 (7) Psalm 34:8, December 19, 1813.
bMS 655/2 (8) 2 Peter 3:11-12, Greenland, New Hampshire, January 2, 1814.
bMS 655/2 (9) Ephesians 5:6, January 16, 1814.
bMS 655/2 (10) Romans 3:19-20, January 30, 1814.
bMS 655/2 (11) Psalm 2:12, March 13, 1814.
bMS 655/2 (12) Psalm 2:12, March 13, 1814.
bMS 655/2 (13) Hebrews 12:13, March 20, 1814.
bMS 655/2 (14) Hebrews 12:1-2, March 20, 1814.
bMS 655/2 (15) Luke 14:16-17, March 27, 1814.
bMS 655/2 (16) Genesis 4:7, Fast Day, April 14, 1814.
bMS 655/2 (17) Lamentations 5:7, April 24, 1814.
bMS 655/2 (18) Psalm 145:9-10, May 4, 1814.
bMS 655/2 (19) Job 28:28, May 15, 1814.
bMS 655/2 (20) Galatians 5:6, June 12, 1814.
bMS 655/2 (21) Matthew 24:44, June 19, 1814.
bMS 655/2 (22) Luke 23:28, July 3, 1814.
bMS 655/2 (23) Romans 6:23, July 17, 1814.
bMS 655/2 (24) Deuteronomy 32:47, July 31, 1814.
bMS 655/2 (25) Proverbs 27:1, January 1815.
bMS 655/2 (26) John 21:15, January 8, 1815.
bMS 655/2 (27) Matthew 10:38, February 5, 1815.
bMS 655/3 (1) Psalm 97:1-2, February 5, 1815.
bMS 655/3 (2) Daniel 6:10, February 26, 1815.
bMS 655/3 (3) John 9:4, April 2, 1815.
bMS 655/3 (4) Luke 22:19, May 7, 1815.
bMS 655/3 (5) 2 Corinthians 4:18, May 7, 1815.
bMS 655/3 (6) Matthew 26:39, June 4, 1815.
bMS 655/3 (7) 2 Corinthians, June 4, 1815.
bMS 655/3 (8) Luke 23:33, September 3, 1815.
bMS 655/3 (9) Galatians 4:7, October 1, 1815.
bMS 655/3 (10) Exodus 12:26, October 1, 1815.
bMS 655/3 (11) Ephesians 6:4, October 8, 1815.
bMS 655/3 (12) Ecclesiastes 11:9-10, November 5, 1815.
bMS 655/3 (13) Psalm 103:2, December 7, 1815.
bMS 655/3 (14) Proverbs 4:14, December 31, 1815.
bMS 655/3 (15) Job 33:14-17, January 7, 1816.
bMS 655/3 (16) Psalm 119:19; Hebrews 11:13, January 21, 1816.
bMS 655/3 (17) 2 Kings 20:1, January 21, 1816.
bMS 655/3 (18) Exodus 33:18, February 4, 1816.
bMS 655/3 (19) Philippians 2:12-13, February 4, 1816.
bMS 655/3 (20) Ephesians 2:11-12, February 11, 1816.
bMS 655/3 (21) 1 Thessalonians 4:13, February 25, 1816.
bMS 655/3 (22) John 12:48, March 3, 1816.
bMS 655/3 (23) John 9:4, March 10, 1816.
bMS 655/3 (24) Ephesians 2:8, March 24, 1816.
bMS 655/3 (25) Galatians 6:15, April 14, 1816.
bMS 655/3 (26) Colossians 1:12, May 5, 1816.
bMS 655/3 (27) Mark 6:20, May 19, 1816.
bMS 655/3 (28) Mark 10:49, June 30, 1816.
bMS 655/3 (29) Luke 6, 46-48, July 7, 1816.
bMS 655/3 (30) John 1:29, August 4, 1816.
bMS 655/4 (1) Ephesians 6:18, September 22, 1816.
bMS 655/4 (2) Jeremiah 3:19, November 15, 1816.
bMS 655/4 (3) Jeremiah 3:19, November 15, 1816.
bMS 655/4 (4) Deuteronomy 6:18, January 19, 1817.
bMS 655/4 (5) Revelation 3:14-16, February 9, 1817.
bMS 655/4 (6) Revelation 3:20, February 16, 1817.
bMS 655/4 (7) Micah 6:6-8, February 23, 1817.
bMS 655/4 (8) Ecclesiastes 7:14, March 16, 1817.
bMS 655/4 (9) Luke 13:7, March 23, 1817.
bMS 655/4 (10) Matthew 7:7, March 30, 1817.
bMS 655/4 (11) Psalm 89: 48, July 6, 1817.
bMS 655/4 (12) Matthew 16:26, July 20, 1817.
bMS 655/4 (13) Psalm 1:1-2, August 3, 1817.
bMS 655/4 (14) Isaiah 55:6, September 12, 1817.
bMS 655/4 (15) Matthew 20:6, October 26, 1817.
bMS 655/4 (16) Ephesians 5:20, December 25, 1817.
bMS 655/4 (17) Hebrews 11:6, January 18, 1818.
bMS 655/4 (18) Psalm 104:29, February 1, 1818.
bMS 655/4 (19) Hebrews 1:1-2, March 22, 1818.
bMS 655/4 (20) Hebrews 1:1-2, March 22, 1818.
bMS 655/4 (21) John 3:1-2, March 29, 1818.
bMS 655/4 (22) John 4:24, May 17, 1818.
bMS 655/4 (23) Psalm 73:24, September 2, 1818.
bMS 655/4 (24) 2 Samuel 12:22-23, October 11, 1818.
bMS 655/4 (25) Matthew 4:10, November 8, 1818.
bMS 655/4 (26) Ecclesiastes 12:13, November 15, 1818.
bMS 655/4 (27) Hebrews 2:14-15, November 29, 1818.
bMS 655/4 (28) Psalm 30:5, Greenland, New Hampshire, December 27, 1818.
bMS 655/4 (29) Galatians 3:29, May 2, 1819.
bMS 655/4 (30) Ezekiel 18:32, June 13, 1819.
bMS 655/4 (31) Deuteronomy 8:2, June 17, 1819.
bMS 655/5 (1) Matthew 6:9, February 18, 1821.
bMS 655/5 (2) Proverbs 22:6, March 11, 1821.
bMS 655/5 (3) Hebrews 2:3, May 27, 1821.
bMS 655/5 (4) Matthew 26:26-28, July 1, 1821.
bMS 655/5 (5) Ephesians 5:20, Thanksgiving, November 29, 1821.
bMS 655/5 (6) Luke 11:2, December 23, 1821.
bMS 655/5 (7) Psalm 55:22; 1 Peter 5:6-7, December 30, 1821.
bMS 655/5 (8) Psalm 90:12, January 6, 1822.
bMS 655/5 (9) 1 Peter 1:15, February 17, 1822.
bMS 655/5 (10) Matthew 12:43-45, March 18, 1822.
bMS 655/5 (11) Luke 10:42, June 10, 1822.
bMS 655/5 (12) Psalm 107:8, November 28, 1822.
bMS 655/5 (13) Ezekiel 18:20, Greenland, New Hampshire, December 15, 1822, and Ezekiel 18:29, Greenland, New Hampshire, November 2, 1817.
bMS 655/5 (14) Romans 10:13, January 26, 1823.
bMS 655/5 (15) Hebrews 4:9, March 16, 1823.
bMS 655/5 (16) Luke 11:3, April 20, 1823.
bMS 655/5 (17) Matthew 6:12, May 25, 1823.
bMS 655/5 (18) Matthew 6:13, September 14, 1823.
bMS 655/5 (19) Psalm 147:19-20, November 20, 1823.
bMS 655/5 (20) 1 Kings 20:40, January 4, 1824.
bMS 655/5 (21) John 19:30, May 2, 1824.
bMS 655/5 (22) Matthew 5:5, April 10, 1824.
bMS 655/5 (23) Mark 1:14-15, June 6, 1824.
bMS 655/5 (24) Matthew 19:16, December 19, 1824.
bMS 655/5 (25) 2 Corinthians 7:10, January 23, 1825.
bMS 655/5 (26) Zephaniah 3:9, February 26, 1825.
bMS 655/5 (27) John 6:27-29, March 27, 1825.
bMS 655/5 (28) Deuteronomy 29:29, May 1, 1825.
bMS 655/5 (29) Romans 8:32, June 12, 1825.
bMS 655/5 (30) Luke 11:4, June 26, 1825.
bMS 655/5 (31) 1 Peter 1:24-25, September 11, 1825.