1821–1890

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Born: Au­gust 13, 1821, Ply­mouth, Mas­sa­chu­setts.

Died: No­vem­ber 13, 1890, New Bed­ford, Mas­sa­chu­setts.

Buried: For­est Hills Ce­me­te­ry, Ja­mai­ca Plain, Mas­sa­chu­setts.

Biography

Dexter gra­du­at­ed from Yale Uni­ver­si­ty (1840) and An­do­ver Theo­lo­gic­al Se­mi­na­ry (1844), and was a lead­ing au­tho­ri­ty on the Pil­grims of Ply­mouth Co­lo­ny.

A mem­ber of the North Con­gre­ga­tion­al Church in New Bed­ford, Mas­sa­chu­setts, he com­mut­ed to Bos­ton, where he ed­it­ed The Con­gre­ga­tion­alist ma­ga­zine.

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