Bethesda Methodist Church Sabbath School Teacher's Association minutes, 1840-1842.

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Bethesda Methodist Church Sabbath School Teacher's Association minutes, 1840-1842.

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This is a handwritten folio book of minutes of the Bethesda Methodist Church Sabbath School Teacher's Association. The book contains the meeting minutes of the school for the years 1840-1842, as well as a ledger of accounts dated 1843. Also included are reports from church meetings held in the summer of 1842, one newspaper clipping, and a list of names dated March 28, 1846.

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