JOHN GORHAM PALFREY (2 May 1796-26 April 1881), editor, theologian, Unitarian minister, historian, professor, legislator, and postmaster of Boston, led a rather aimless life, although it was filled wi...
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John Gorham Palfrey was a historian of the Puritan experience in America. His History of New England (1858-1890) was an encyclopedic study of the political, intellectual, religious, and social origins...
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Though John Gorham Palfrey was not the most influential person of his age, his life and works intersected frequently with many of those who were. As a minister, scholar, editor, abolitionist, and cong...
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John Gorham Palfrey