POEMS BY JOHN PIERPONT:

PIERPONT, JOHN. Born in Litchfield, Connecticut, 1785; died in Medford, Connecticut, 1866. Pierpont was one of the earliest of American poets, his birth antedating that of Bryant. Most of his life was spent in the Unitarian ministry, although he had passed through a period of teaching and practicing law. He was one of the earliest abolitionists and resigned his charge at Hollis Street Church, Boston, as early as 1845 because of being in advance of his congregation on this and other public questions. At the outbreak of the Civil War, although already seventy-six years old, he volunteered as an army chaplain, but was transferred, owing to his feeble health, to the Treasury Department where he served until his death in 1866.

This biographical note is reprinted from The Little Book of American Poets: 1787-1900. Ed. Jessie B. Rittenhouse. Cambridge: Riverside Press, 1915.

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