Presbyterian Church of Hammondsport records, 1831-1880.

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Presbyterian Church of Hammondsport records, 1831-1880.

Session meeting minutes (1831-1867) with numerous disciplinary cases; a register listing of baptisms (1832-1867) and members (1831-1889); annual statistical reports (1845); and financial reports of contributions to benevolent causes (1857,1867, 1868).

1 reel microfilm.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7886748

Cornell University Library

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Hastings, Samuel A., 1803-1878

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Presbyterian Church of Hammondsport (Hammondsport, N.Y.)

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The Presbyterian Church of Hammondsport was organized on September 14, 1831 by a committee of the Presbytery of Bath. Samuel A. Hastings was elected the first ruling elder and Reverend Mr. Flagler was the first pastor of the church. In the same year as the church's formation Judge Hammond, of Hammondsport, donated a lot upon which a church building was soon erected. Hammondsport then gave promise of becoming a large place, a center of business enterprise and trade, being largely patronized by th...