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This paper was written by Ida Joslyn in 1975 and is about excommunication until 1885. There is a copy accompanying it. The subject is John Adams's excommunication. The original is four pages typewritten. refers to the case of Thomas 'Thinne' or…

Two letters written in 1887 and 1888. One lists new members of the church; the other pertains to Huntington's resignation and the dedication of the new church in 1888. in re Box 24f.

Newspaper clipping tells story of the 1887 fire at the First Congregational Church built in 1825. This clipping is mounted on brown construction paper 'We have sad intelligence to report this week.........' (also a typed copy in Box Box 30b -…

Memorial Book of 'F. S. Huntington, occasional hymns, sermons, trees of the Kingdom, a sketch of his life' Prepared by W. E. Huntington, his brother. Printed in Boston for his friends in 1891. Inscription and handwriting reads: 'Presented to me by…

Responses (mostly rejections) to invitation to the 50th anniversary celebration of the church building and mention of contributions thereto.

List of members in 1932 and the Constitution and Bylaws of the First Congregational Church of Worthington, MA adopted 1930.

Rev. J. Herbert Owen and Rev. James H. Burckes. Mentions Katharine McD. Rice, Arthur Capen, Elsie Bartlett, decorations by Emerson Davis, etc.

Copy of Owen drawing given to Russell H Conwell on his 80th birthday. Greeting from the little church on the hilltop at Worthington. This is the original drawing by Walter T. Owen, Architect, New York City. Greeting: 'Your restless boyhood feet…

Written on lined paper, this document records a talk given at a Church supper in 1891 by the son of the man who auctioned off pews to pay the cost of remodeling the Colonial Church in 1870. GIVES A LIST OF THE LOCATIONS OF MEETING HOUSES. According…

Two copies, Confession of Faith, Covenant, and Articles of Agreement of the Worthington First Congregational Church, adopted April 1, 1771 and published by vote of the Church, December 31, 1841

This manual was printed by the Union Printing Co., Springfield, Ma. 1871. There are five copies. They each have a green cover.

Booklet of the 200th Anniversary of Congregational Church in Chesterfield. Brown cover.

2 typewritten transcriptions of ' Some Gleanings from the Sermons of Reverend Jonathan Law Pomeroy, Minister of the Congregational Church, 1794-1832'. Read at the WHS Meeting August 18, 1945 by Harlan Creelman

This is a copy of a Sermon 'Seek Ye First' given by R.H. Conwell at the Baptist Temple, 1918 taken from 'The Temple Review'

This original typed 8-page paper, written in August1945, by E. H. Brewster, is on Rev. Jonathan Huntington. There is also a copy. Refer to 260/B/#687.

C.F. Reed, scribe from Sept. 17, 1920s, writes the minutes of the meeting where the Church council installed Harlan Creelman as Pastor. In ink on lined paper

A copy of the address given by Rev. John H. Bisbee on December 18, 1863. It was delivered on the 25th anniversary of his becoming pastor of the First Congregational Church. It was printed by Trumbull & Gere Printers, Northampton

This is a handwritten list of building materials bought at the Center Brewster Store to rebuild the church. Paid on Oct. 12, 1876

2 pages of grey lined paper, handwritten and in poor condition, from 1865. Call to meeting - Brewster et al to organize first parish church and state separation. Would benefit from further scrutiny to discover whether there are any real estate…

Original handwritten lists both in ink and pencil on lined paper dated May 27, 1876. Also some typewritten lists on the purchase of the church bell and placing it in the belfry