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Records of the First Baptist Church in Pawtucket Church, of Pawtucket, R.I. Records, 1792-1952 Size: 1.25 linear feet Catalog number: MSS 130 Processed by: Harold E. Kemble, 1986; updated by Rick Stattler, June 1997 ©Rhode Island Historical Society Manuscripts Division |
Provenance:
The bulk of these records were donated by the church in 1986. Two folders of papers were added from a group of George F. Jencks family papers purchased in 1997.
Inventory:
Folder 1. Pawtucket Dorcas Society treasurer's accounts, 1825-1865 (incomplete)
Folder 2. Documents relating to an unstated "difficulty" between Pastor Bradford and Elders Jencks and Benedict, 1851: minutes of a special church meeting, 1/13/1851 (in minute book); minutes of Ecclesiastical Council, 1/15/1851 (not in minute book); related undated statement.
Volume 1. Church minutes, 1805-1837
Volume 2. Church minutes, 1838-1874
(box 2:)
Volume 3. Church minutes, 1874-1907
Volume 4. Church minutes, 1907-1952
Volume 5. Standing committee minutes, 1858-1888
Volume 6. Standing committee minutes, 1889-1932
Volume 7. Standing committee minutes, 1932-1947
Volume 8. Catholic Baptist Society minutes, 1792-1837 (spine reads 1792-1821)
Volume 9. Catholic Baptist Society minutes, 1838-1907 (became First Baptist Society)
Subjects:
Baptists - Rhode Island - Pawtucket
Catholic Baptist Society (Pawtucket)
First Baptist Society (Pawtucket)
Pawtucket, R.I. - Churches
Pawtucket Dorcas Society
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