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Washington County (N.Y.) -- Religious life and customs.

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings DO NOT USE

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

John G. Smart sermons

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924065223715]
Identifier: 4348
Scope and content

Drafts and notes for sermons preached in the Presbytery of Argyle and in Baltimore, Philadelphia, and elsewhere.

Dates: 1825-1861.

John Williams family papers

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924065223657]
Identifier: 4353
Scope and content

Deeds, leases, and other legal papers (to 1847); some correspondence of Harriet Martin Williams concerning Presbyterian Church affairs; Williams family history (1895); album of interior views of the Williams (Parker) Mansion, description of the mansion, and a postcard view. Also, two books by Harriet Martin Williams: "The Grey Man" (about John Williams), and "The Woody Hill Meadow," both illustrated with photographs.

Dates: 1785-[ca. 1935]

United Presbyterian Church (Salem, N.Y.) records

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924065218020]
Identifier: 4351
Scope and content

Accounts of the women's society (1897-1914); manuals, anniversary publications, historical sketches, eulogies of deceased pastors and other sermons; photographs; and other items. Also, early Salem imprints of proceedings of the Washington County Bible Society (1850-1856, 1871), sermons, and addresses by Alexander Proudfit and Joseph Sweetman.

Dates: 1804-1945.