Birthplace of Samuel F. B. Morse.

Title:: Birthplace of Samuel F. B. Morse.
Description:: Birthplace of Samuel F. B. Morse. Main Street, corner of Hathor Square. His father, Rev. Jedediah Morse, was pastor of the First Parish here from 1789 to 1819, and a leader in the founding of Andover Theological Seminary and in defence of Trinitarianism against the strong current of N. E. Unitarianism. Dr. Morse lived only temporarily in the house of Thomas Edes where Samuel was born on the 27th of April, 1791. The family was soon moved to the new parsonage erected for ... [description ends].
Collector:: Cutler, Wolcott, 1891-1965
Date:: [ca. 1850–1925]
Format:: Photographs
Genre:: Lantern slides
Location:: Boston Public Library
Charlestown Branch Library
Collection (local):: Charlestown Lantern Slides
Subjects:: Birthplaces
Undertakers
Seafood stores
Morse, Samuel Finley Breese, 1791-1872
Places:: Massachusetts > Suffolk (county) > Boston > Charlestown
Main Street District
Extent:: 1 photograph : transparency
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Notes:: Title from materials accompanying item.
Notes (ownership):: Courtesy of Miss Jessie G. Paine
Notes (date):: Date from accompanying materials: Before 1925
Date supplied by cataloger.
Notes (historical):: Reverend Cutler was rector at St. John’s Church from 1924 to 1959 and most likely assembled this collection during that time.
Identifier:: CHA-96-A3