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Faye Charpentier
​History Program Director
Favorite Book: In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
​Currently Reading: The Martian by Andy Weir
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Lin Nulman
​Historic Site Educator
Favorite Book: Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
​Currently Reading: Underland: A Deep Time Journey by Robert Macfarlane
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Jennifer Roesch 
History Program Assistant
Favorite Book: To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
​Currently Reading: The Hour of Land by Terry Tempest Williams
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Christina Rewinski
​Historic Site Educator
Favorite Book: Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

​Currently Reading: Becoming by Michelle Obama
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Rosalie Wilbur
Head Historic Site Educator
Favorite Book: Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy
​Currently Reading: Behind the Scenes at the Museum by Kate Atkinson

Sources and References

Images and texts not owned by King's Chapel are linked to their sources throughout the exhibit. All images used are in the public domain.

Adams Papers Digital Edition. Massachusetts Historical Society. http://www.masshist.org/publications/adams-papers/

Alcott, Louisa May. Little Women. Boston: John Wilson and Son, 1880. http://www.gutenberg.org/files/514/514-h/514-h.htm

Bulfinch, Thomas. Bulfinch’s Mythology. Boston: Lee & Shepard, 1867. http://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/4928/pg4928-images.html

Bulfinch, Susan: Papers, 1802-1837. Boston Athenaeum. 

Cheney, Ednah D. Louisa May Alcott: Her Life, Letters, and Journals. Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1898. https://www.gutenberg.org/files/38049/38049-h/38049-h.htm

Foote, Henry Wilder. Annals of King’s Chapel: From the Puritan Age of New England to the Present 
Day, Volume 1. Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1896. https://archive.org/details/annalsofkingscha01foot/page/214/mode/2up

Foote, Henry Wilder. Annals of King’s Chapel: From the Puritan Age of New England to the Present Day, Volume 2. Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1896. https://archive.org/details/annalsofkingscha22foot/page/n3/mode/2up

Forman, Samuel A. Dr. Joseph Warren: The Boston Tea Party, Bunker Hill, and the Birth of American Liberty. Gretna: Pelican Publishing Company, 2012.

“Freeman, James (1759-1835)”. Harvard Square Library. https://www.harvardsquarelibrary.org/biographies/james-freeman-1759-1835/

“Illustration for Phillis Wheatley, Poems on Various Subjects”. Africans in America: Revolution. PBS Online. https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part2/2h7.html

King's Chapel (Boston, Mass.) records, Massachusetts Historical Society.

LaPlante, Eve. My Heart is Boundless: Writings of Abigail May Alcott, Louisa’s Mother. New York: Free Press, 2012. https://books.google.com/books?id=RDFctpM0V6AC&printsec=frontcover&dq=abigail+may+alcott+writings&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjD7rfMicroAhWjT98KHfGCBfUQ6AEwAHoECAUQAg#v=onepage&q=abigail%20may%20alcott%20writings&f=false

Morton, Perez. “An Oration; Delivered At The King's-Chapel In Boston, April 8, 1776.” Boston: J. Gill, 1776. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/e/evans/N11792.0001.001?rgn=main;view=fulltext

Peabody, Ephraim. “New England Emigration Westward”. In The Western Messenger Volume 1, ed. James Freeman Clarke, William Henry Channing, and James Handasyd Perkins, 409-421. Louisville: The Western Unitarian Association, 1836.

​“Peabody, Ephraim (1807-1856)”. Harvard Square Library. https://www.harvardsquarelibrary.org/biographies/ephraim-peabody-1807-1856/

“Phillis Wheatley”. Academy of American Poets.  https://poets.org/poet/phillis-wheatley 

Plass, Eric M. Hanson.“‘So Succeeded by a Kind Providence:’ Communities of Color in Eighteenth Century Boston .” UMass Boston Graduate Thesis. https://scholarworks.umb.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1271&context=masters_theses

Scovel, Carl and Foreman, Charles C. Journey Toward Independence: King’s Chapel’s Transition to Unitarianism. Skinner House Books: Boston, 1993.
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Viets, Henry R. “Oliver Wendell Holmes, Physician.” The American Scholar 3, No. 1 (Winter 1934): 4-11.
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  • King's Chapel from Home
    • January Environmental Compassion Month
    • Worship from Home >
      • Past Virtual Services
    • Music from Home
    • History from Home
    • Community from Home >
      • Voter Action Initiative
      • Anti-Racism Resources
    • Stewardship & Giving
  • About Us
    • Welcome
    • Calendar
    • News & Updates >
      • Weekly Newsletter
      • Messages from the Ministers
      • King's Chapel Updates
    • Clergy & Staff
    • Contact Us & Directions >
      • Send A Message
  • Worship
    • What to Expect
    • Sunday at 9 AM
    • Sunday at 11 AM
    • Wednesday at 5:30 PM
    • Sermons
    • Special Annual Services
    • Book of Common Prayer
  • Music
    • Virtual Musical Events
    • From The Bench: A Musical Blog
    • Tuesday Recitals
    • Concert Series
  • History & Tours
    • Explore Our History >
      • A Brief History
      • The Stone Chapel: Art & Architecture >
        • The Wooden Chapel
        • Georgian Architecture
        • Box Pews
        • Interior Colors
        • Memorials
        • The Chancel Windows
        • The Last Supper Painting
      • Crypt and Burying Ground >
        • Crypt >
          • Crypt Highlights: Crypt Entrance
          • Crypt Highlights: Tomb Structure
          • Crypt Highlights: The Stranger's Tomb
          • Crypt Highlights: Research and Family Connections
          • Crypt Highlights: Remaining Memorials
          • Crypt Highlights: Hand-Hewn Beams
        • Burying Ground
      • Religious History >
        • Online Exhibit: Independent Country, Independent Church
        • 334 Years of Ministry
      • Slavery at King's Chapel
      • Literary King's Chapel: Online Exhibit
    • Plan Your Visit
    • Virtual History Events & Programs >
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      • Past Events & Programs
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      • Contact Us
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