This book looks at the general histories of Unitarianism and Universalism, with a focus on Unitarianism on Cape Cod and the Islands, followed by a focus on Universalism on Cape Cod and the Islands, and some general points about the merged denomination at present.

We have included in Appendix A the list of Cape & Islands Unitarian ministers and in Appendix B the list of Universalist ministers, using whatever sources were available.

We gratefully acknowledge the assistance of both the archives of the Andover-Harvard Theological Library at Harvard University and the Theological Archives at Tufts University. The resources of a number of local historical societies and their volunteers proved valuable in a number of ways, including the Chatham Historical Society, the Brewster Historical Society, the Dennis Historical Society, the Historical Society of Old Yarmouth, and the Sturgis Library in Barnstable.