METHODIST CHURCH RECORDS. MASSACHUSETTS.

Boston. Hanover Street Methodist Episcopal Church. [CH-MA B6 H3]
The first Boston Congregation moved from Bennett Street in 1849 to a former Congregational Church on Hanover Street. It merged with Grace Methodist Episcopal Church in 1873 to form the First Methodist Episcopal Church (Temple Street), variously called First, Grace or Temple Street. After the move, a small congregation kept meeting on Hanover Street but ceased around 1879.
  • 2 v. 1851-1873.
    Trustee's and leader's records: 1851-1873 (damaged by water and mold)
    Bible class members: 1866-1867.
    Sunday School missionary collections: 1863-1871.
    Sunday School officers: 1864-1867.
    Sunday School teachers and members: 1864.
    Envelope:Quarterly tickets for Wm. C. Child (Feb 29, 1856 and Sept 5, 1856); Receipt to Wm. C. Child for sixty dollars in support of public worship in the Hanover Street Methodist Episcopal Church (1857); Subscriptions and Apportionments of the Hanover Street M.E. Church (1858); List of Subscriptions and Apportionments for the Support of Public Worship in the Hanover Street M.E. Church (1859); Stereopticon slide of interior of Hanover Street church showing the 1866 John Wesley marble plaque in its original location; List of subscribers (1870) to construct new church on Hanover Street; Order of Exercises at the Dedication of the (new house of the) First Methodist Episcopal Church, Hanover Street (June 14, 1871); Newspaper article on Cockerell weathervane from the old Hanover Street church, sold 1873; Engraving on light-weight illustration paper, possibly detached from a book, once folded in thirds, of First Methodist Episcopal Church, Hanover Street, Boston; photograph mounted of First M.E. Church, Hanover St, Boston 1870, showing new facade with groundplans in corners; Order of exercises at the Anniversary Celebration of the Hanover Street M.E. Sabbath School (April 8, 1852); Hymns to be sung at the Third Anniversary of the Mission School connected with the Hanover St.M.E. Church (1855); Constitution of the Hanover Street M.E. Sabbath School (1856); Order of exercises at the 42d Anniversary Celebration of the Hanover Street M.E. Sabbath School (April 24, 1861); manuscript (6 p.) report of committee "to consider the question of the legality of the late transfer of the Hanover St. Church property in Boston to the Grace Church of Boston."

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February 19, 2003