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Jeremy Belknap

Jeremy Belknap Portrait, oil on canvas
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Portrait, oil on canvas by Henry Sargent, 1798

88.4 cm x 69.3 cm

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[ This description is from the project: MHS 225th Anniversary ]

Jeremy Belknap was born in Boston and educated at Harvard College. Though trained for the ministry, he was also involved in many secular activities, including the founding of the MHS in 1791. The MHS was the first institution in the world devoted to collecting and publishing materials for the study of American history.