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Jeremy Belknap , 1744-98, American historian, b. Boston. A Congregational minister, he wrote history out of antiquarian interest, but showed great diligence and skill in research and considerable ability in writing. His History of New Hampshire (3 vol., 1784-92; repr., 2 vol., 1970) was a model of early local history. He was probably the first American to write (1792) a book about Christopher Columbus. He was a leader in the founding (1794) of the Massachusetts Historical Society, the first such organization in the United States.

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Belknap, Jeremy (1744–98), Congregational clergyman and historian, was the author of a History of New Hampshire (3 vols., 1784, 1791, 1792), noted for its research, impartiality, and literary merit. His humorous allegory The Foresters (1792) narrates the founding and growth of British colonies in America, and his American Biography (2 vols., 1794–98) is the prototype of many later works. Belknap's nationalism, enthusiasm for research, and scholarship led him, with others, to found the Massachusetts Historical Society, the first organization of its kind in the U.S.

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