Records, ca. 1790-1990.

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Records, ca. 1790-1990.

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Minutes of the vestry (governing body of the church), 1804-1983, with miscellaneous rules, regulations, notes and bills. Registers of baptisms, confirmations, communicants and burials, 1820 to the present; a parish register begun 1850 contains information on marriages, baptisms and burials compiled from earlier sources, including transcriptions from the diary of Henry Smith, 1735-1750. Financial records include ledgers, cashbooks, journals and bills, 1931-1985, with some from earlier dates. Minutes and financial records of the Women's Auxiliary, 1958-1963. Maps, plans and surveys of church buildings and property including diagrams of cemetery plots, and plans for the 1937 restoration of the church by Richard Haviland Smythe; other materials on the 1937 restoration include financial records, specifications, lists of contractors, minutes and programs. Also, photograph slides of the restoration of the church tower and steeple, 1986-1987; a scrapbook of clippings, photos, programs and other material, 1907-1936; miscellaneous photographs and correspondence; and wills, deeds, receipts, checks, bills and other records from the 19th and early 20th centuries, with some as early as the 1790s.

ca. 20 cubic ft.

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Caroline Church of Brookhaven (Setauket, N.Y.)

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The Caroline Church of Brookhaven (Episcopal) was founded in the 1720s; the church building, still in use, was built about 1729. Originally known as Christ Church, the name was changed to honor the queen consort of King George II, Caroline of Anspach, who donated communion vessels and other items to the church. From the description of Records, ca. 1790-1990. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155561108 ...

Smith, Henry, 1905-....

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No further information is available on Smith. For further information on Seward see an encyclopedia. From the description of Military Appointment Certificate, 1840. (Clarke Historical Library). WorldCat record id: 41953697 Henry Smith (1788-1851), the first governor of Texas, was born in Kentucky and moved to Brazoria County, Texas, in 1827. In 1833 Smith was elected magistrate of Brazoria and appointed a delegate to the Convention of 1833. The gover...

Smythe, Richard Haviland, 1889-1965

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