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'''Jared Sparks''' (May 10, 1789 - March 14, 1866) was a historian, editor, and Unitarian Minister.

'''Jared Sparks''' (May 10, 1789 - March 14, 1866) was a historian, editor, and Unitarian Minister.

==Early Life==

==Early life==

Jared Sparks was born May 10, 1789, in Willington, Connecticut. He was by trade a carpenter, but, being eager of education, he put himself under the tuition of the Reverend Hubbell Loomis, the minister of Willington, and as payment for tuition shingled the minister's barn. Mr. Loomis subsequently became the first president of Shurtleff College in Alton, Illinois, and to his helpfulness Mr. Sparks always held himself much indebted.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=-e5JAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA203 Heralds of a Liberal Faith, Volume 2]</ref>

Jared Sparks was born May 10, 1789, in Willington, Connecticut. He was by trade a carpenter, but, being eager of education, he put himself under the tuition of the Reverend Hubbell Loomis, the minister of Willington, and as payment for tuition shingled the minister's barn. Mr. Loomis subsequently became the first president of Shurtleff College in Alton, Illinois, and to his helpfulness Mr. Sparks always held himself much indebted.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=-e5JAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA203 Heralds of a Liberal Faith, Volume 2]</ref>

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==External Links==

==External links==

* [https://books.google.com/books?id=DZ4EAAAAYAAJ The Life and Writings of Jared Sparks]

* [https://books.google.com/books?id=DZ4EAAAAYAAJ The Life and Writings of Jared Sparks]

* [http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/32656 Books by Sparks, Jared], [[Gutenberg]]

* [http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/32656 Books by Sparks, Jared], [[Gutenberg]]

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