The Organization of Liberty on the Western Continent: An Oration Delivered Before the Municipal Authorities of the City of Boston, at the Celebration ... of American Independence, July 5, 1852 - Hardcover

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Excerpt from The Organization of Liberty on the Western Continent: An Oration Delivered Before the Municipal Authorities of the City of Boston, at the Celebration of the Seventy-Sixth Anniversary of the Declaration of American Independence, July 5, 1852

Thomas starr king was born in the city of New York, Dec. 17, 1824, his father being the Rev. Thomas F. King, and his mother Susan Starr, both natives of that city. His father became the pastor of a church in Charlestown, where he died before his son was qualified to enter college. The young man however continued his studies while serv ing as a public school teacher and clerk in the Navy Yard, and in September 1846 he succeeded Rev. E. H. Chapin in the pulpit which his father had occupied. In December 1848 he married Miss Julia M. Wiggin, and soon after was installed at Hollis-street church, Boston, where he continued for eleven years. His popularity as a preacher and lecturer was very great, and few men have gained more devoted or appreciative friends.

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