Record of reception of Rev. Dr. & Mrs. Storrs by the Church of the Pilgrims, Brooklyn, N.Y., on completion of forty years' pastorate : manuscript, 1886 Nov. 18.

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Record of reception of Rev. Dr. & Mrs. Storrs by the Church of the Pilgrims, Brooklyn, N.Y., on completion of forty years' pastorate : manuscript, 1886 Nov. 18.

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Guestbook for a reception in honor of Richard Storrs; organized alphabetically, with lists of names, the number in their party, and some addresses.

1 v. (214 leaves) ; 22 cm.

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Storrs, Richard S. (Richard Salter), 1821-1900

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Richard Salter Storrs (1821-1900) was born in Braintree, MA into a family of clergymen. His great-grandfather, John Storrs (1735-1799), was a pastor in Southold, Long Island from 1763 to 1776, and again from 1782 to 1787. The eldest son of John Storrs, Richard Salter Storrs (1763-1819), was a pastor in Longmeadow, MA. His eldest son, also named Richard Salter Storrs (1787-1873), preached in Braintree, MA. As a fourth generation minister, Richard Salter Storrs (1821-1900)...

Church of the Pilgrims (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.)

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Brooklyn's Plymouth Church was founded in the Congregationalist tradition in 1847 in the neighborhood of Brooklyn Heights. Its first building was erected on Cranberry Street between Hicks and Henry Streets in that same year. The Church's first pastor, the charismatic orator Henry Ward Beecher (1813-1887), quickly catapulted the church to a position of national prominence and regularly filled the pews to overflowing. When the church's building was destroyed by fire in 1849, a new red...