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Dryden, New York pamphlets

Collection — manuscript box: 42 - folder 1

Identifier: 1854m

Scope and content

Pamphlet on the dedication of the new building for the First Presbyterian Church of Dryden on May 26, 1940; and a promotional pamphlet on the village of Dryden, with the date 1952 written in by hand. Also, an order of service for Sesquicentennial Sunday for the First Presbyterian Church, May 18, 1958, and a program for its Sesquicentennial Banquet. Added to these is a leaflet on cemeteries and old burial grounds in the Town of Dryden.

Dates

1940-1958.

Language of Material

In English.

Biographical / Historical

The First Presbyterian Church of Dryden, New York was founded in 1808. The original church building was rendered unuseable by fire in 1938, so a new, brick building was built and dedicated in 1940.