Records, 1779-1961.

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Records, 1779-1961.

The collection contains such records as church minutes, financial accounts, correspondence, marriage records, church publications, handbooks, reports and directories, membership lists, sermons and discourses. Included are Mason Noble's centennial discourse, a record of psalms learned by Laura Seymour, a piece of the church bell recovered from the 1866 fire, and a manual from the Church of Christ in the White Oaks led by Albert Hopkins.

2 linear ft. (4 boxes)

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SNAC Resource ID: 7416923

Williams College, Sawyer Library

Related Entities

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First Congregational Church (Williamstown, Mass.)

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The First Congregational Church of Williamstown, Mass., was organized in 1765 when Whitman Welch was called to preach in that town. Meetings were conducted first in a log school house and then, in 1768, in the first log meeting house. After two meeting houses burned, in 1798 and 1866, a new building was constructed in 1869. Pastors who succeeded Rev. Welch included Seth Swift (1779-1807), Ralph W. Gridley (1816-1834), Mason Noble (ca. 1865), and Albert Hopkins (1869-1872). Over the years, the Ch...

Welch, Whitman.

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Noble, Mason, 1809-1881

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Gridley, Ralph W. (Ralph Wells), 1793-1840

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Swift, Seth, 1749-1807

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Griffin, Edward Dorr, 1770-1837

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Church of Christ in the White Oaks (Williamstown, Mass.)

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Seymour, Laura

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Hopkins, Albert, 1807-1872

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Professor at Williams College, Williamstown, Mass. From the description of Letters to Justus Tower, 1851 June 5-1852 March 10. (State Library of Massachusetts). WorldCat record id: 70968016 ...