Dictionary Of American Biography Barsotti Brazer

Author : Allen Johnson
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780282978464
Total Pages : 630 pages
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Download or read book Dictionary of American Biography, Vol. 2 written by Allen Johnson and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-22 with total page 630 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Dictionary of American Biography, Vol. 2: Barsotti-Brazer An inscription on his monument describes him as a distinguished merchant and a liberal patron of theological learning. The money which Bart let accumulated through thrift and wise invest ments he devoted largely to philanthropic proj ects, especially to Andover Theological Sem inary, opened in 1808. Although he attended public worship regularly, he was not a church member; but Dr. Samuel Spring, a Newbury port clergyman, persuaded him to join with Moses Brown, a fellow townsman, and John Norris of Salem, in supplying the necessary funds for a school in which Calvinistic divinity students could be trained for the ministry. At about the same period a similar plan was formed by Dr. Eliphalet Pearson and a group of his friends living in Andover, Mass, twenty miles from Newburyport, with whom they formed a coalition. To Andover Theological Seminary, Bartlet gave originally He later added for the endowment of a Bartlet proies sorship of sacred rhetoric and built two houses for the accommodation of members of the faculty. He provided the money for the erection of Bart let Chapel' 1818) and of Bartlet Hall (1821) for the growing seminary. These structures, when Andover Theological Seminary was transferred to Cambridge in 1908, were purchased by Phillips Academy, Andover, and are to-day occupied by that preparatory school. At his death Bartlet left a bequest of to the seminary, and his benefactions to it aggregated more than $160, 000. Physically Bartlet was large and powerful, imposing in his bearing, and kept his bodily vigor to extreme old age. His tastes were simple, even crude; he cared nothing for the graces of polite society. In his business dealings he was scrupu lously just, paying his debts promptly and in sisting that others do the same. He combined frugality in small matters with lavish generos ity when his emotions were aroused. Unassum ing and modest in his benefactions, he did not wish his name to be mentioned in connection with them and looked upon himself as the mere steward of a merciful Providence. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.