Bible Encyclopedias
Abbott, Samuel
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
a wealthy philanthropist, who died at Andover, Mass., April 30, 1812, at the age of eighty years, was a merchant of Boston; and on the establishment of the Andover Theological Seminary, in 1807, he gave $20,000, and in his will bequeathed it $100,000 more. See Drake, Dict. of Amer. Biog. s.v.
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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Abbott, Samuel'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tce/​a/abbott-samuel.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.