59. Hosea Ballou (1771-1851)
north of its junction with NH119, Richmond, NH
erected 1969
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59. Hosea Ballou (1771-1851) | ||
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| located on the east side of NH32, about
2.5 miles north of its junction with NH119, Richmond, NH |
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"Born in an almost uncleared wilderness in an area then
known as Ballou's Dell, 1.5 miles east of here, on Fish Hatchery Road, this farm boy, raised in the
Baptist faith, became known as the Father of Universalism. In the 19th century, as an author and
preacher, he expounded religious liberalism from pulpits in Portsmouth, N.H., Salem and Boston,
Mass." erected 1969 |
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| Related Links: | ||
| A Biography of Hosea Ballou | ||
| A Short Essay on Universalism by Hosea Ballou | ||
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