Abbot Family Papers

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Mostly correspondence of members of the Abbot family, who attended Phillips Academy in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. These letters document their lives after their time at Andover.

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Abbot family correspondence

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Son of Deacon Abiel Abbot, Esq. and Dorcas Abbot. Born Wilton, NH Dec 14, 1765. Phillips Academy, 1780-1783; Harvard College, 1787; studied divinity with Reverend Jonathan French, Andover; tutor, Harvard College, 1794-1795; pastor, Coventry, Conn; principal, Dummer Academy, 1811-1819; pastor,...

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Abiel Abbot Class of 1785

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Benjamin Abbot Class of 1782

Benjamin Abbot (1762-1849) attended Phillips Academy then Harvard, class of 1788. He was the second principal of Phillips Exeter Academy in Exeter, NH (1788-1838).

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Ezra Abbot Class of 1822

Son of Ezra Abbot and Hannah Poor, Ezra studied at Phillips Academy (1822-1826) then Harvard (class of 1834). He studied medicine with Dr. Elisha Huntington Lowell; Harvard Medical School, 1837. He worked as a physician in Canton, Mass.

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Abbot family correspondence

Abiel Abbot Class of 1780

Abiel Abbot Class of 1785

Benjamin Abbot Class of 1782

Ezra Abbot Class of 1822

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