No. 455 Illustration in: Good Old Dorchester. By William Dana Orcutt, (Cambridge, 1893)
Reverend Harris was the minister at First Church, Dorchester, from 1793 to 1839
Thaddeus Mason Harris’s published works include:
Contributions to: The Massachusetts Magazine, or, Monthly Museum of Knowledge and Rational Entertainment. 1789-1796. (Boston, Mass.: Isaiah Thomas and Ebenezer T. Andrews).
His individual works include:
Address, Delivered before the Washington Benevolent Society, in Dorchester, February 22d, 1813. By Rev. Thaddeus Mason Harris. (Boston: J. Belcher, 1813)
An Address Delivered Dec. 28, 1803 … at the Interment of Three Persons Who Were Drowned in the Harbour between Boston and Dorchester. *Boston, 1804)
Beauties of Nature Delineated, or, Philosophical and Pious Contemplations on the Works of Nature, and the Seasons of the Year Selected from Sturm’s Reflections, by the Rev. Thaddeus M. Harris. (Charlestown [Mass.]: Printed and sold by Samuel Etheridge, 1800)
Beauties of Nature Delineated; or, Philosophical and Pious Contemplations on the Works of Nature, and the Seasons of the Year. 2d ed. (Charlestown [Mass.]: Printed and Sold by Samuel Etheridge, 1801)
Biographical Memorials of James Oglethorpe, Founder of the Colony of Georgia in North America. Boston, Printed for the Author. 1841.
“Chronological and Topographical Account of Dorchester.” in Massachusetts Historical Society Collections 9 (1804), p. 147-199.
No. 3192 Wood engraving in the possession of the Dorchester Historical Society in large album titled Old Dorchester Houses. Rev. T.M. Harris House. Mount Potosi.
Constitutions of the Ancient and Honorable Fraternity of Free and Accepted Masons, Collected and Digested from Their Old Records, Faithful Traditions, and Lodge Books: Together with the History and General Regulations of the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts compiled by the Rev. Thaddeus Mason Harris … Second edition, revised and corrected, with large additions. (Printed at Worcester, Massachusetts: By Brother Isaiah Thomas, In the Christian era 1798, in the year of light 5798)
A Dictionary of the The Natural History of the Bible; or, A Description of all the Quadrupeds, Birds, Fishes, Reptiles, and Insects, Trees, Plants, Flowers, Gums, and Precious Stones, Mentioned in the Sacred Scriptures. (London, 1833)
A Discourse, Delivered at Dorchester. Charlestown, Printed by Samuel Etheridge, 1800.
A Discourse, Delivered at Dorchester, March 29th, 1813, at the Funeral of Moses Everett, Esq. By Rev. Thaddeus Mason Harris. (Boston: Published by Joshua Belcher, 1813)
A Discourse Delivered at Marblehead June 24, 1822. Cambridge: Printed by Hilliard and Metcalf, 1822.
Discourse Delivered at Stoughton, before The Rising Star Lodge, at the Festival of St. John the Baptist, June 24, A.D. 1818. By Thaddeus Mason Harris, D.D., Past Grand Chaplain to the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts. (Boston: Printed by John Eliot, 1818)
A Discourse Delivered before the African Society in Boston, 15th of July, 1822, on the Anniversary Celebration of the Abolition of the Slave Trade. By Rev. Thaddeus Mason Harris, D.D. (Boston: Printed by Phelps and Farnham, 1822)
A Discourse, Delivered before the Humane Society of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, June 10, 1806 by Thaddeus Mason Harris … (Boston: Printed by E. Lincoln, 1806) Pages 17-24: “The Life boat. A poem.” By a member of the Humane Society. [Samuel Davis]
A Discourse Preached before the Members of the Boston Female Asylum, September 24th, 1813, at Their Thirteenth Anniversary by Thaddeus M. Harris. (Boston: Russell, Cutler & Co., 1813)
Discourses, Delivered on Public Occasions … (Charlestown [Mass.]: Printed by S. Etheridge, 5801 [1801]
Discourses, Delivered on Public Occasions, Illustrating the Principles, Displaying the Tendency, and Vindicating the Design, of Free masonry. By Thaddeus Mason Harris. (Philadelphia: G. Howorth, & M’Carty & Davis, 5819 [1819] )
Also later editions including: London 1850, New York 1855.
Earnest Caution against Suicide. (Boston: Printed by Joshua Belcher, 1812)
The Fraternal Tribute of Respect Paid to the Masonic Character of Washington. (Charlestown: Printed by Samuel Etheridge, 1800)
Hymns for the Lord’s Supper, Original and Selected, By Thaddeus Mason Harris, D.D. 2d ed. (Boston: Printed by S. Phelps, 1821)
The Journal of a Tour into the Territory Northwest of the Alleghany Mountains; Made in the Spring of the year 1803. With a Geographical and Historical Account of the State of Ohio … (Boston: Printed by Manning & Loring, no. 2, Cornhill, 1805)
Also: Reprint from the Boston 1805 edition … Cleveland, 1904.
Masonic Emblems Explained: in a Sermon Preached before the Members of King Solomon’s Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons in Charlestown, June 24, A.L. 5796, being the Festival of St. John the Baptist by Thaddeus Mason Harris … Second edition. (Boston: Printed by William Spotswood for the Subscribers, 1796)
A Masonick Eulogy, Pronounced at Worcester, Massachusetts, Twentyfourth of June, A.L. 5794, on the Festival of St. John the Baptist : before the Officers and Brethren of the Morning Star Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons in that town, joined by the Officers and Brethren of Trinity Lodge from Lancaster by the Rev. Brother Thaddeus M. Harris. (Printed at Worcester, Massachusetts: By Brother Isaiah Thomas : Sold at his bookstore in Worcester, and by said Thomas and Andrews in Boston, 5794 [1794] )
The Minor Encyclopedia …( [n.p.] 1808)
The Natural History of the Bible, or, A Description of All the Beasts, Birds, Fishes, Insects, Reptiles, Trees, Plants, Metals, Precious Stones, &c. Mentioned in the Sacred Scriptures. Collected from the Best Authorities, and Alphabetically Arranged by Thaddeus M. Harris … (Printed at Boston: By I. Thomas and E.T. Andrews, 1793)
The Natural History of the Bible; or, A Description of all the Quadrupeds, Birds, Fishes, Reptiles, and Insects, Trees, Plants, Flowers, Gums, and Precious Stones, Mentioned in the Sacred Scriptures. Collected from the Best Authorities, and Alphabetically Arranged. (Boston: Wells and Lilly, 1820)
The New Year’s Wish of an Affectionate Mnister for the People of his Charge. Preached at Dorchester, January 1, 1796. (Boston, 1796)
Pray for the Jews! A Sermon Preached at the Thursday Lecture in Boston, August 15, 1816 by Thaddeus Mason Harris ([Boston? : s.n.], 1816) (Boston : John Eliot)
Sephora; a Hebrew tale, descriptive of the country of Palestine, and of the manners and customs of the ancient Israelites. Abridged and corrected from the London edition, by Rev. Thaddeus Mason Harris, D.D. (Worcester: Published by Clarendon Harris. Boston: Russel, Odiorne and Metcalf, 1835)
A Sermon Delivered at the Dedication of the South Meeting House in Dorchester, October 20, 1806. (Boston: Belcher & Armstrong, 1806)
Sermon Preached at Dorchester on the Forenoon of the Lord’s Day, November 2d, 1806 to those who assemble in the South Meeting House in Dorchester. By Thaddeus Mason Harris, Minister of Dorchester. (Boston: Belcher & Armstrong, 1806)
A Sermon, Preached at Dorchester, on the Lord’s Day after the Interment of Mr. Nathaniel Topliff, Who Deceased 4th December, 1819. (Boston: Printed by S. Phelps, 1820)
A Sermon Preached at New Bedford, October 26, 1814, at the Ordination of Rev. Ephraim Randall. New (Bedford: Printed by Benjamin Lindsey, 1814)
A Sermon, Preached at the Ordination of the Rev. John Pierce To the Pastoral Care of the Church and Christian Society in Brookline, March 15th. 1797 by Thaddeus Mason Harris, Pastor of the Congregational Church and Society in Dorchester. (Boston: Printed by Manning & Loring, May, 1797)
Sermon preached at the Ordination of the Rev. Samuel Osgood, to the Pastoral Care of the First Church and Society in Springfield, January 25, 1809. By Thaddeus Mason Harris, Minister of Dorchester. (Springfield: Thomas Dickman, 1809)
A Sermon, Preached at Wrentham, Oct. 10th, 1798, before the Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on Occasion of the Consecration of Montgomery Lodge (of Franklin) by the Rev. Brother T.M. Harris … (Printed at Wrentham: By Nathaniel Heaton, Jun., 1799)
A Sermon Preached before the Antient and Honourable Artillery Company, in Boston, June 3, 1805, at the Anniversary of Their Election of Officers by Thaddeus Mason Harris. (Boston: Printed by Manning & Loring, 1805)
A Sermon Preached in Milton on the Morning and at Dorchester in the afternoon of the 9th of May, 1798 Being the Day Recommended by the President of the United States for Solemn Humiliation, Fasting, and Prayer throughout the Union by Thadeus [sic] Mason Harris … (Boston: Printed by Samuel Etheridge …, 1798)
Textuary, or Guide to Preachers in the Selecting of Texts. Upon an Entirely New Plan. By Thaddeus Mason Harris, D.D., Pastor of the First Church in Dorchester. (Boston: Published by Cummings and Hilliard, 1818)
Treasure of the Gospel in Earthern Vessels. A Sermon Preached at the Installation of the Rev. Abiel Abbot in the First Church and Christian Society in Beverly, December 14th, 1803. By Thaddeus Mason Harris, Minister of Dorchester. (Salem: Joshua Cushing, 1804)
The Triumphs of Superstition: an Elegy by a Student of Harvard University. (Printed at Boston: By Isaiah Thomas and Ebenezer T. Andrews …, 1790)
A Tribute of Respect to the Memory of Mrs. Sarah Bowdoin Dearborn, Wife of Major General Henry Dearborn, Late Minister Plenipotentiary to the Court of Portugal. (Boston: Printed by Munroe and Francis, 1826)
Thaddeus Mason Harris, clergyman, born in Charlestown, Massachusetts, 7 July, 1768; died in Dorchester, Massachusetts, 3 April, 1842. He was a descendant in the sixth generation of Thomas Harris, of Ottery St. Mary, Devonshire, England. His father was a Revolutionary patriot, who died during the war, leaving his family destitute. Thaddeus was sent to earn his living with a farmer in the township of Stirling, Massachusetts, and received some schooling with the farmer’s children. He entered the school of Dr. Morse, a suspected Tory, who prepared him for college, and in 1787 he was graduated at Harvard. Through the influence of friends he was rin this year invited to become private secretary to General Washington, but was prevented by an attack of small-pox. He taught at Worcester a year, studied theology, and in 1781 was appointed librarian at Harvard. He accepted a call in 1793 from the 1st Unitarian church at Dorchester, and remained its pastor till three years before his death. Harvard gave him the degree of D. D. in 1813. He published “Discourses in Favor of Freemasonry” (Boston, 1803); “Journal of a Tour of the Territory Northwest of the Alleghany Mountains” (1805); “A Natural History of the Bible” (1821); “Memorials of the First Church at Dorchester” (1830); and “Biographical Memoirs of James Oglethorpe” (1841).
Source: Appletons Encyclopedia