Hoag-Forrester collection, 1847-1932.

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Hoag-Forrester collection, 1847-1932.

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Programs for events of religious and other organizations, probably assembled by George B. Forrester. Includes programs for events of Baptist Home of Brooklyn, 1884-1905; Tabernacle Baptist Church, 1875-1896; Brooklyn Baptist Social Union, 1887-1897; other Baptist organizations, 1878-1897; events pertaining to Mayor Charles A. Schieren, 1894-1903; Brooklyn Sunday School Union, 1868-1884; Altair Lodge, F. & AM, and other organizations. Also includes 17 prints of Greenwood Cemetery, 1847; and a letter to Mrs. Forrester on the death of her husband, 1906.

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New York State Historical Documents Inventory

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SNAC Resource ID: 6871601

New York State Historical Documents Inventory

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Forrester, George B.

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Brooklyn Baptist Social Union.

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The Brooklyn Baptist Social Union was organized in 1868 as a lay organization promoting Baptist values. In December of 1874 the Union organized a national convention of all Baptist social unions, held at at the Brooklyn Athenaeum, to promote the instruction of the laity. From the guide to the Brooklyn Baptist Social Union records, 1869-1898, (Brooklyn Historical Society) ...

Tabernacle Baptist Church (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.)

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The Baptist faith was practiced as early as the 17th and 18th centuries in the territories and colony that are now known as New York City. However, a Baptist house of worship did not come to Brooklyn until 1823, with the founding of the First Baptist Church (later known as the Baptist Temple). In 1847, the first African-American Baptist church in Brooklyn, Concord Baptist Church of Christ, was founded. Baptists were one of the largest denominations in the City of New York during the...

Greenwood Cemetery (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.)

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Schierer, Charles A.

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Baptist Home of Brooklyn (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.)

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Brooklyn Sunday School Union

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The Brooklyn Sabbath School Union (later known as the Brooklyn Sunday School Union) was formed in 1830 for the purpose of providing young people with Christian religious instruction, which the Union's founders asserted was sorely lacking from public education. Churches of many Protestant denominations were represented in the Union, including Baptist, Presbyterian, Congregational, Lutheren, and Reformed churches. From the guide to the Brooklyn Sabbath School Union collection, 1855-197...

Free and Accepted Masons. Altair Lodge (New York, N.Y.)

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