Introduction

Biography

Jeremy was the son of Jo­seph Bel­knap and Sa­rah Byles.

A Har­vard Uni­ver­si­ty gra­du­ate (1762), he was a Uni­tar­ian min­is­ter, his­tor­ian, au­thor, and a found­er of the Mas­sa­chu­setts His­to­ri­cal So­ci­ety.

He served pas­tor­ates in Do­ver, New Hamp­shire, and Bos­ton, Mas­sa­chu­setts.

Works

• History of New Hamp­shire, 1784–92
• A Dis­course In­tend­ed to Com­me­mo­rate the Dis­co­ve­ry of Am­eri­ca by Co­lum­bus
• American Bio­gra­phy
• The For­es­ters, an Am­eri­can Tale: Be­ing a Se­quel to the His­to­ry of John Bull the Clo­thier, cir­ca 1787
• Sacred Po­et­ry: Con­sist­ing of Psalms and Hymns Adapt­ed to Christ­ian De­vo­tion in Pub­lic and Pri­vate (Bos­ton, Mas­sa­chu­setts: Apol­lo Press, 1795)