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Timeline

Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1779/09/01 John Adams Braintree Delegate The Massachusetts delegates for a state constitution meet at First Church near Harvard Yard. In a few days, John Adams will be selected as one of the 30 members of the drafting committee.
1779/09/01 John Cotton Plymouth Delegate Three hundred and twelve delegates, representing the people of Massachusetts, meet to vote on a state constitution at First Church in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
1837/08/31 Ralph Waldo Emerson Author Ralph W Emerson gives an oration on "The American Scholar" to the Phi Beta Kappa Society of Harvard College at the First Parish in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The American Scholar (Emerson speech)
1961/00/00 The American Unitarian Association merges with the Universalist Church of America, forming the Unitarian Universalist Association. A constitution is adopted and Dana McLean Greeley is made the first president of the Unitarian Universalist Association.

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Particulars for First Parish in Cambridge:
Area of Significance Architecture
Sight Category Building
Building Type Church
Historic Use Religious Property
Religion Unitarian




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