First Presbyterian Church of Corning records, 1834-1915.

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First Presbyterian Church of Corning records, 1834-1915.

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Two volumes (1834-1845, 1847-897) session meeting minutes, which deal predominately with discipline, temperance and administrative issues and one volume of trustee's records (1843-1915)

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Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6401179

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Geneva Presbytery (Canoga, N.Y.)

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Chemung Presbytery (N.Y.)

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Presbyterian Church of Painted Post (Painted Post, N.Y.)

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First Presbyterian Church of Corning (Corning, N.Y.)

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The church was organized July 1, 1811 in Knoxsville as the Presbyterian Church of Painted Post, and admitted to the Presbytery of Geneva in 1812. The ultimate result of at least two subsequent changes in Presbytery boundaries was the church's membership in the Chemung Presbytery. In 1843, the congregation's name was changed to the present one. Considerable controversy involving a temperance resolution, discussion of church governance, structure and personal differences among the membership resul...