St. Ann's Church collection 1880-1960

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St. Ann's Church collection 1880-1960

0.63 Linear feet; in two manuscript boxes.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6329934

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St. Ann's Church (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.)

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St. Ann's Church, the oldest Episcopal church in Brooklyn, was incorporated in 1787 as the Episcopal Church of Brooklyn. For its first few years of existence, the Church's services were alternately held in various homes and barns, with significiant financial support being provided by Ann and Joshua Sands. The Sands family later provided a plot of land on their farm for the Church to erect its first edifice, and in 1795, the Church was reincorporated as St. Ann's Church in honor of M...