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Frederick T. (Frederick Turell) Gray

1804–1855

A 19th-century Boston minister, he is remembered for sermons and memorial addresses that reflect the moral and religious life of his city. His surviving works suggest a thoughtful clergyman closely connected to Boston’s Unitarian and charitable circles.

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Extract from a Sermon Delivered at the Bulfinch-Street Church, Boston, Jan. 9, 1853, the Sunday Following the Interment of the Late Amos Lawrence

Extract from a Sermon Delivered at the Bulfinch-Street Church, Boston, Jan. 9, 1853, the Sunday Following the Interment of the Late Amos Lawrence

by Frederick T. (Frederick Turell) Gray

About the author

Frederick Turell Gray was an American clergyman born in 1804 and active in Boston in the first half of the 19th century. Contemporary catalog and archival records connect him with the Bulfinch Street Church, and an 1834 ordination sermon identifies him as one of two new "ministers at large" in Boston.

Gray’s published work appears to have been mainly occasional sermons and addresses. Surviving titles include New Years' Sermons (1847) and Extract from a Sermon Delivered at the Bulfinch-Street Church, Boston, Jan. 9, 1853, the Sunday Following the Interment of the Late Amos Lawrence, showing that he wrote in response to major civic and religious moments.

He died in 1855. Detailed biographical information is limited in the sources that are easy to confirm today, but the record that remains points to a preacher whose career was rooted in pastoral work, public service, and the religious culture of Boston.