Church papers, 1736-1960.

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Church papers, 1736-1960.

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Small quantities of papers from various Delaware churches. Also includes accounts and subscription lists (1838-1849) and general documents (1800-1906) of Mount Pleasant Methodist Church (Brandywine Hundred); and documents of several Presbyterian churches including Lewes Presbyterian Church, subscription lists (1820-1846) and historical information; First Presbyterian Church (Wilmington), documents about church history (1771-1950); list of monuments and tombstones in the graveyard (1904); Lower Brandywine Presbyterian Church (Centreville), call for minister (1825); Presbyterian Church (Dover), call for minister (1792); New Castle Presbyterian Church (New Castle), historical information (1948-1960); Hanover Presbyterian (Wilmington) ephemera (undated); Green Hill Presbyterian Church (Wilmington), document concerning a dispute within the congregation (1852); Red Clay Creek Presbyterian Church (Wilmington); history by Rev. John D. Blake (1922); Port Penn Presbyterian Church, historical data collected by S.E. Vandegrift (1895).

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Historical Society of Delaware

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