The New England Historical & Genealogical Register, Vol. 1, No. 1, January 1847

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The New England Historical & Genealogical Register, Vol. 1, No. 1, January 1847

by Various Authors

EN·~4 hours·29 chapters

Chapters

29 total
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The cover image was created by the transcriber and is placed in the public domain.

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VOL. I. JANUARY, 1847. NO. 1. THE NEW ENGLAND 𝕳𝖎𝖘𝖙𝖔𝖗𝖎𝖈𝖆𝖑 & 𝕲𝖊𝖓𝖊𝖆𝖑𝖔𝖌𝖎𝖈𝖆𝖑 𝕽𝖊𝖌𝖎𝖘𝖙𝖊𝖗:

0:22
3

MEMOIR OF JOHN FARMER, M. A.,

29:15
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GENEALOGICAL MEMOIR OF THE FARMER FAMILY.

36:34
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MEMOIRS OF GRADUATES OF HARVARD COLLEGE.

16:36
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COMPLETE LIST OF CONGREGATIONAL MINISTERS IN THE EASTERN PART OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE, FROM ITS SETTLEMENT TO THE PRESENT TIME; TOGETHER WITH NOTES ON THE MINISTERS AND CHURCHES.

24:31
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FOREIGN MISSIONARIES FROM NORWICH, CT.

2:07
8

THE PASSENGERS OF THE MAY FLOWER IN 1620.

18:14
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MAJOR PENDLETON'S LETTER.

1:22
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CAPT. MILES STANDISH'S INVENTORY OF BOOKS.

1:21

Description

A thoughtful portrait opens with the life of John Farmer, a New Hampshire native whose fragile health never dimmed his fierce curiosity. Born in Chelmsford in 1789, he turned early infirmity into a relentless drive to read, transcribe, and preserve the stories of New England’s families, towns, and native peoples. His neat penmanship and reverent respect for clergy give his manuscripts a quiet elegance that still invites modern readers.

The memoir follows Farmer’s modest beginnings as a teenage clerk in Amherst, where he balanced work with an insatiable appetite for history and geography. By his early twenties he shifted to teaching, quickly becoming a central figure in a local literary society that drew scholars and ministers alike. His dedication to gathering records and sharing knowledge earned him a place among the Massachusetts Historical Society’s correspondents, setting the stage for a career that would shape early American genealogy.

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en

Duration

~4 hours (281K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

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Produced by Richard Tonsing, Heather Clark and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Release date

2015-06-06

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

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Various Authors

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