[Gutenberg 18956] • Autobiography and Letters of Orville Dewey, D.D. / Edited by His Daughter

Orville Dewey (1794-1882) was an American Unitarian minister. He was graduated at Andover Theological Seminary in 1819, became a Unitarian, and was appointed to be the assistant of Dr. William Ellery Channing, in Boston, with whom he formed a lasting friendship, and whose Church he supplied during its pastor's travels in Europe. In 1823 he became pastor of the Unitarian Church in New Bedford, remaining there for ten years, until he went to Europe on account of his health. He was called to the second Unitarian Church of New York in 1835, which during his ministry built the Church of the Messiah. In 1842 his health again failed, and he went a second time to Europe, returning in 1844. He was compelled to resign his charge in 1848, and retired to his farm in Sheffield. He was called to a church in Albany, where he remained one year, and to Washington, where he spent two years. In 1858 he again settled in Boston as pastor of the society called the "New South, " but retired after four years of service.