METHODIST CHURCH RECORDS. MASSACHUSETTS.

Boston. Bennett Street Methodist Episcopal Church. [CH-MA B6 B38]
The second home for the First Methodist society in Boston (Methodist Alley) was opened on Bennett Street in 1828. In 1849, they purchased a Congregational Church and moved to Hanover Street.
  • 3 v. and 1 envelope [1828-1850].
    Membership: 1830-1839, 1839-1843, 1844-1846, 1846-1850.
    Baptisms: 1838-1843.
    Probationers: 1845-1847.
    Class records: 1840-1842.
    Statistics: 1830-1839.
    Stewards' and Leaders' records: 1840-1842.
    Temperance Society constitution: 1841.
    Trial Committee records: 1836-1838.
    Envelope: Subscription book for new church (April 3, 1827); two drawings of site and lots on Bennett Street; Plan of church with pew prices and owners (1828); manuscript (4 p.) of cornerstone dedication ceremony (April 30, 1828), contents of cornerstone, building committee, and description of floor collapse; Order of Services for dedication (September 18, 1828); letters (June 10, 1837 and June 16, 1838) inviting the New England Conference to meet at the church; Quarterly ticket of Eliza Shute (December 1842).
    See also the separately cataloged: Female Relief Society.

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February 19, 2003