Charleston Protestant Episcopal Female Domestic Missionary Society records, 1855-1864.

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Charleston Protestant Episcopal Female Domestic Missionary Society records, 1855-1864.

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Two bound volumes include a checkbook (1857-1864) from the State Bank and an account book (1858-1862) of the Protestant Episcopal Female Domestic Missionary Society. Account book contains a record of disbursements made to [missionaries] Rev. Cranmore Wallace, Rev. Henry L. Phillips, and Rev. A.W. Marshall "per order [of] Miss Jane McCrady," and for the purchase of stock, and other items and services. Money received is from annual subscribers, benefactors, life members, fees for erecting tombstones, burial fees, donations, church offerings, and dividends. Checkbook contains blank checks, check stubs, and a loose paper containing accounts (1855) of wages and interest. Check stubs contain amounts paid to Rev. Wallace, Rev. Marshall, Rev. Phillips, A.S. Moncrief (sexton), and others.

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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 ...

Marshall, A. W., 1798-1876.

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St. Stephen's Episcopal Church (Charleston, S.C.)

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St. Stephen's Church in Charleston, S.C., was established in 1822 under the patronage of the Charleston Female Domestic Missionary Society, and is said to have been the first free Episcopal church in the U.S. The original church on Guignard St. was consecrated in Mar. 1824, but after that building was destroyed by fire in 1835 the church moved to its present location on Anson St. Around 1854 there were 120 regular white communicants and nine colored communicants. In 1880 St. Stephen's closed and...

Wallace, Cranmore, 1802-1860

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Moncrief, A. S.

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McCrady, Jane S.

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Phillips, Henry L., 1830-1906.

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Charleston Protestant Episcopal Female Domestic Missionary Society (S.C.)

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Organized in 1821 to supply the poor (predominantly white worshippers) of Charleston, South Carolina with a place of worship for those who could not afford to rent seats in the existing churches. Rev. Edward Phillips began work as a city missionary for the Society in 1822. With the assistance of the Society's leading benefactress, Mrs. Sarah Russell, St. Stephen's (a "free church") was built on a lot in Guignard Street in 1824. A burial ground for the church was secured in 1831. In 1835 the chur...