Records, 1716-1913 / First Presbyterian Church of Elizabeth, N.J.

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Records, 1716-1913 / First Presbyterian Church of Elizabeth, N.J.

Collection relects the administrative history of an old and significant congregation.

3 cubic ft.

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SNAC Resource ID: 8357206

Presbyterian Historical Society, PHS

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Boudinot, Elias, 1740-1821

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Elias Boudinot (May 2, 1740 – October 24, 1821) was a lawyer and statesman from Elizabeth, New Jersey who was a delegate to the Continental Congress and served as President of Congress from 1782 to 1783. He was elected as a U.S. Congressman for New Jersey following the American Revolutionary War. He was appointed by President George Washington as Director of the United States Mint, serving from 1795 until 1805. Born in Philadelphia in the Province of Pennsylvania, Boudinot received a classica...

First Presbyterian Church (Elizabeth, N.J.)

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First Presbyterian Church of Elizabeth, New Jersey organized ca. 1664 as a Congregational church; joined the Presbytery of Philadelphia in 1717. Erected its own building in 1724; new buildings were erected after fires in 1786 and 1924. From the description of Records, 1716-1913 / First Presbyterian Church of Elizabeth, N.J. (Presbyterian Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 9545103 ...

Murray, Nicholas, 1802-1861

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Presbyterian clergyman, who also used the pseudonym Kirwan. From the description of Papers, 1776-1846. (New Jersey Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 70954872 After attending Williams College, Nicholas Murray graduated from the Princeton Theological Seminary in 1829 at the age of 27. Murray was assigned to the church in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, which was a very poor congregation. In order to raise funds for his church, he traveled throughout the region, requ...