Gannett, William C. Ezra Stiles Gannett : Unitarian Minister in Boston, 1824-1871; A Memoir by his son, William C. Gannett. Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1875. First Edition. [11532]
Green pebble cloth decorated in black & gilt, light edge-wear, good joints, 8 1/4 x 6 inches. Steel-engraved portrait of Gannett with tissue guard. 572 pages, one leaf torn with loss in the margin only. Good. Hardcover.
The life of Gannett parallels the latter part of the rise of Unitarianism in New England, of which he was a prominent minister and leader.
Ezra Stiles Gannett (1801-1871), b. Cambridge, MA; d. Revere, Ma. The grandson of Yale University president Ezra Stiles, he was graduated from Harvard College, and in 1824 he began working for the Federal Street Church; he remained with the congregation for the duration of his career. In 1861 he moved with his congregation to a new building, the Arlington Street Church in Back Bay. He was also associated with the American Unitarian Association, serving as a founder and first secretary.
"He was a Unitarian of the more conservative type, an excellent preacher, and an ardent reformer." - New International Encyclopedia (1915).
