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Presbyterian Church. Presbyterian Church record books, 1775-1835.

Title: Presbyterian Church record books, 1775-1835.

This collection consists of record books from the Presbyteries of New York from 1775-1788, Morris County from 1797-1819, and Newark from 1824-1835. The record books contain meeting minutes concerning Presbytery business functions, reports on the distribution of supplies, requests by congregations for ministers, reviews of candidates for the ministry, and proceedings concerning disciplinary actions and the sanctioning of members. Also included in the New York Presbytery records are transcripts of correspondence from ministers in the Morris County region, pointing out philosophical differences with the Presbytery and leaving to form the Morris County Synod. The Newark Presbytery record book also contains annual reports of communicants, baptisms, and collections per congregation. These record books also consist of lists of the prominent pastors in each of the organizations. They include Amzi Armstrong, David Baldwin, Andrew Bay, Ebenezer Bradford, James Caldwell, Jedidiah Chapman, Aaron Condict, Elias W. Crane, Noah Crane, Erza Dayton., Samuel Fisher, John Ford, Jacob Green, Zachariah Green, Stephen Grover, Philip Hay, Asa Hillyer, Gideon Judd, Barnabas King, Alexander MacWhorter, Enos A. Osborne, and James Wyckoff.

ArchivalResource: 4 v.

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