Presentation album for Alfred J. Smithers, 1867, 1875.

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Presentation album for Alfred J. Smithers, 1867, 1875.

Presentation album for Alfred J. Smithers, with photographic portrait, containing autographs, Sunday School lists, pressed flowers, and testimonials from church members, familities and groups associated with the Clinton Avenue Congregational Church and Society in April, 1867.

1 v. : ill. ; 31 cm.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7279738

New York Public Library System, NYPL

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Smithers, Alfred Waldron, Sir, 1850-1924

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Clinton Avenue Congregational Church (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.)

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The practice of Congregationalism in the United States began in the 17th century when Pilgrim settlers from England founded the Plymouth Colony in the southeastern portion of modern-day Massachusetts. Congregationalism slowly spread to New York as the Pilgrims migrated. Church of the Pilgrims, located in Brooklyn Heights, was the first Congregational church established in the city of Brooklyn in 1844. The neighboring Plymouth Church was founded in 1847, and was home to the famed Rev...