Records, 1841-1972 / Mariner's Presbyterian Church ; Seamen's and Landsmen's Aid Society.

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Records, 1841-1972 / Mariner's Presbyterian Church ; Seamen's and Landsmen's Aid Society.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/48105972

This collection contains corporate records, minutes, reports and miscellany relating to the Mariners' Church and to the Seamen's and Landsmen's Aid Society.

1 cubic ft.

Presbyterian Historical Society, PHS

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SNAC Resource ID: 7588999

Presbyterian Historical Society, PHS

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Seamen's and Landsmen's Aid Society

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Eastburn, Joseph, 1748-1828

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Mariners' Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)

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Mariners' Presbyterian Church was established in 1819 by Joseph Eastburn (1748-1828), though the church was not formally organized by the Presbytery of Philadelphia until 1830. Until it was destroyed by a fire in 1963, the church ministered to sailors as well as to the city's poor and indigent in conjunction with the Seamen's and Landsmen's Aid Society. In 1965, Mariners' merged with the Third and Scots Presbyterian Church; the resulting Third, Scots and Mariners' Presbyterian Church, better kno...