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Third Baptist Church Records Church, Providence, R.I. Records, 1820-1859 Size: 0.5 linear feet Catalog number: MSS 136 Processed by: Rick Stattler, December 2000 USE MICROFILM BV 6249 P9 T5 POS©Rhode Island Historical Society Manuscripts Division |
Historical note:
The Third Baptist Church was set off from the First Baptist Church in Providence in 1820. The church was located at the corner of Hope and Wicken Streets in the Fox Point neighborhood. It disappears from the Providence directories in the mid-1870s.
Provenance:
The more complete minute book was purchased in 1908 from C.F. Libbie. The earlier minute book and the Sunday School history were donated in 1916 by Norman Isham. The provenance of the death register is unknown, but it was part of the Printed Collection for many years before its transfer to the Manuscripts Division in 1993.
Folder 1. Minute book, 1820-1824. These minutes are transcribed into the 1820-1843 book.
Folder 2. Minute and membership book, 1820-1843.
Folder 3. Death register, 1827-1859
Folder 4. History of the Sabbath School, undated
Subjects:
Baptist associations - Rhode Island - Providence
Churches, Baptist - Rhode Island - Providence
Providence, R.I. - Religion - 19th century
Sabbath schools - Rhode Island - Providence
Vital statistics - Rhode Island - Providence
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