Overview
Family papers of Vermont pastor and legislator Hosea Ballou.
Dates
- Creation: 1785-1974.
Extent
1 boxesThis collection consists of miscellaneous letters and papers of the Ballou family. It includes a letter by Hosea Ballou (1771-1852). It also includes a handwritten, undated hymn written by New Hampshire poet and hymn writer Silas Ballou (1753-1837). This hymn was probably written circa 1785, when Silas Ballou compiled and published the first American Universalist hymn book, entitled New Hymns on Various Subjects. The collection also includes a record of births, marriages, and deaths.
Arrangement
Organized into the following series:
- Series I. Records
- Series II. Letters
- Series III. Miscellaneous
Acquisition Information
Gift of Frederic B. Viaux, 1974.
Funding
Collections and items have been digitized with the generous support of The Polonsky Foundation.
- Title
- Ballou family papers, c. 1785-1974: A Finding Aid.
- Author
- Andover-Harvard Theological Library
- Language of description
- und
- EAD ID
- div00128
Repository Details
Part of the Harvard Divinity School Library, Harvard University Repository
Special Collections at Harvard Divinity School Library preserves and makes accessible primary source materials documenting the history of religion and theology, with particular historical emphasis on American liberal religious traditions. Though the historical strengths of the collections have been in the field of Christianity, other religious traditions are increasingly reflected, in step with Harvard Divinity School's evolving focus on global religious studies. Known as Andover-Harvard Theological Library since 1911, it was renamed the Harvard Divinity School Library in 2021.
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