Papers, 1856-1878.

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Papers, 1856-1878.

Military and personal correspondence, including several letters from another minister, W.B.W. Howe, discussing the desirability of reserving a portion of church auditoriums for Negro worshipers, and several letters from female correspondents. Also, some executive correspondence of Robert Withers Allston (1801-1864), including three letters relative to an engineering project in progress on the Savannah River in 1858.

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Allston, Robert Withers, 1801-1864.

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Allston, Benjamin, 1833-1900.

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Confederate officer and Protestant Episcopal minister, of Charleston, S.C. From the description of Papers, 1856-1878. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19104969 Georgetown, South Carolina plantation owner, Episocpal minister, and army officer. Benjamin Allston attended West Point and served as a colonel in the Confederate States of America Army. He was the son of Robert F.W. Allston (1801-1864) and Adele Petigru Allston (1810-1896). Charles Petigru Allston (1848...

Howe, W. B. W.

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Episcopal Church

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In 1982, the General Convention of the Church deleted the words "Protestant" and "in the United States of America" from the official title of the Church, making it the Episcopal Church. From the description of Records of the Protestant Episcopal Church of the United States of America, Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society, 1823-1975 (inclusive). (Yale University). WorldCat record id: 702152635 ...