Records of the Lexington Presbytery, Synod of Virginia [manuscript], 1962.

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Records of the Lexington Presbytery, Synod of Virginia [manuscript], 1962.

Records of the Lexington Presbytery, Synod of Virginia, Presbyterian Church in the United States contain minutes and other records of the Lexington and two predecessor presbyteries; minutes, registers and miscellaneous records of 93 churches; and records for 26 cemeteries.

8 reels; 35 mm.

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Presbyterian Church in the United States Presbytery of Lexington.

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Presbyterian Church in the United States Synod of Virginia.

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Virginia state library

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For many years, the Library of Virginia had no definitive home. Valuable early records were kept at Jamestown as early as 1676 and were then moved to the College of William and Mary for a brief period at the century's end. By 1780, extant records were moved to the Capitol in Richmond. Coincidentally, in 1779, the Virginia General Assembly was presented among its legislation, "A Bill for Establishing a Public Library" drawn up by Thomas Jefferson. The Bill provided for 20...