Records, [ca. 1844-1910].

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Records, [ca. 1844-1910].

Records include correspondence, certificates, lists of members, accounts, bills, church rules, and reports of the treasurer, of the Sunday School, of the Deacon, of Pilgrim Chapel, and of committees including the Examining Committee, 1899. Also included are many letters to Rev. Richard Salter Storrs, pastor from 1846-1900, from church members requesting introductions from him to their new churches, and many certificates dismissing members from their churches and introducing them to Church of the Pilgrims, or dismissing them from Church of the Pilgrims and recommending them to their new churches, 1840's-1890's.

1.6 cubic ft.

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Pilgrim Chapel (New York, N.Y.)

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Church of the Pilgrims (New York, N.Y.)

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The Church of the Pilgrims, founded in 1844, is the oldest Congregational Church in Brooklyn. In 1934 it merged with Plymouth Church. From the description of Records, [ca. 1844-1910]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155458014 ...

Storrs, Richard S. (Richard Salter), 1821-1900

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Richard Salter Storrs (1821-1900) was born in Braintree, MA into a family of clergymen. His great-grandfather, John Storrs (1735-1799), was a pastor in Southold, Long Island from 1763 to 1776, and again from 1782 to 1787. The eldest son of John Storrs, Richard Salter Storrs (1763-1819), was a pastor in Longmeadow, MA. His eldest son, also named Richard Salter Storrs (1787-1873), preached in Braintree, MA. As a fourth generation minister, Richard Salter Storrs (1821-1900)...