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Courts.
CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES-Holden in U. S. Court House, 140 Tremont street, Boston, May 15 and October 15. Associate Justice, U. S. Supreme Court, Nathan Clifford. Dis- trict Judge, John Lowell. District At- torney, George S. Hillard. Clerk, John G. Stetson. U. S. Marshal of the Dis- trict of Massachusetts, G. L. Andrews. Commissioners, Charles L. Woodbury, Elias Merwin, C. P. Curtis, Jr., C. W. Loring, Henry L. Hallett, William S. Dexter, Charles W. Tuttle, Charles Demond, Winslow Warren, Jr., Boston; A. S. Cushman, New Bedford; William L. Smith, Springfield; Wendell T. Da- vis, Greenfield; J. H. Hill, Worcester.
DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES-Holden in U. S Court House, 140 Tremont street, Boston, third Tues- day in March, fourth Tuesday in June, second Tuesday in September, and first Tuesday in December. Special courts held every Friday afternoon. District Judge, John Lowell. Clerk, Edward Dexter.
SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT-Holds a law term in Springfield, fourth Monday in September; nisi prius term, fourth Tuesday in April. Chief Justice, Reu- ben A. Chapman of Monson; salary, $5,500. Associate Justices, Horace Gray, Jr. of Boston, John Wells of Brookline, James D. Colt of Pittsfield, Seth Ames of Brookline, Marcus Morton of An- dover; salary, $5,000 each.
SUPERIOR COURT-Civic terms holden in Springfield, second Monday in March and June, and fourth Monday in October; criminal terms, third Monday in May and first Monday in December. Chief Jus- tice, Lincoln F. Brigham of Salem; sal- ary, $4,500. Associate Justices, Julius Rockwell of Lenox, Otis P. Lord of Salem, Ezra Wilkinson of Dedham, John P. Putnam of Boston, Chester I. Reed of Dedham, Charles Devens, Jr. of Wor- cester, Henry A. Scudder of Boston, Francis H. Dewey of Worcester, Robert C. Pitman of New Bedford; salary,
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$4,200 each. E. B. Gillett of Westfield, District Attorney for Hampden and Berkshire Counties; salary, $1,500.
COURTS OF PROBATE AND INSOL- VENCY-Judge, William S. Shurtleff. Register, Samuel B. Spooner.
Probate Court is holden at Spring- field on the first Tuesdays of every month except August and October; at Westfield on the third Tuesdays of March, June, September and Decem- ber; at Monson on the second Tuesday of June; at Palmer on the second Tues- day of September.
The Court of Insolvency is held at the discretion of the Judge, according to the requirements of business to come before it.
POLICE COURT-Justice, James H. Morton; Special Justices, Charles A. Winchester, Edward Morris. Court held daily (Sundays excepted) at 9 A. M. in the Police Court Room, City Hall.
POPULATION OF MASSACHUSETTS, by the census of 1865, was 1,267,031; num- ber of towns, 336; voters, 246,182; val- uation, $1,009,709,652.
United States Government.
THE EXECUTIVE-President, Ulysses S. Grant of Illinois; salary, $25,000. Vice
President, Schuyler Colfax of Indiana; salary, $8,000.
THE CABINET-Secretary of State, Hamilton Fish of New York; salary, $8,000. Secretary of the Treasury, Geo. S. Boutwell of Massachusetts; salary, $8,000. Secretary of War, William W. Belknap of Iowa; salary, $8,000. Sec- retary of the Navy, George M. Robeson of New Jersey; salary, $8,000. Secre- tary of the Interior, Jacob D. Cox of Ohio ; salary, $8,000. Attorney-Gen- eral, E. Rockwood Hoar of Massachu- setts ; salary, $8,000. Postmaster-Gen- eral, John A. J. Creswell of Maryland ; salary, $8,000.
U. S. SUPREME COURT-Chief Jus- tice, Salmon P. Chase of Ohio ; salary, $6,500. Associate Justices, Nathan Clif- ford of Maine, Samuel Nelson of New York, Joseph P. Bradley of New Jersey, William Strong of Pennsylvania, David Davis of Illinois, Noah H. Swayne of Ohio, Samuel F. Miller of Iowa, Stephen J. Field of California; salary, $6,000 each.
Court meets first Monday in Decem- ber at Washington.
There are, in our country, 37 States and 10 Territories ; population by the census of 1860, was 31,443,783.
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Springfield in Detail.
Banks.
AGAWAM NATIONAL BANK-Old B. & A. R. R. Office Building, Main street, opposite Massasoit House, until comple- tion of new banking-house, January 1, 1871; after that time, corner Main and Lyman streets-Capital, $400,000. President, H. S. Hyde; Cashier, F. S. Bailey; Teller, S. S. Bailey ; Book- keeper, H. K. Simons; Assistant Book- keeper, A. L. Thompson; Clerk, W. M. Willard ; Directors, Marvin Chapin, James A. Rumrill, D. L. Harris, T. M. Brown, Arthur I. Bemis, L. J. Powers, H. S. Hyde, J. H. Appleton, William Whiting.
CHICOPEE NATIONAL BANK-Cor- ner Main and Elm streets - Capital, $400,000. President, Henry Fuller, Jr .; Cashier, Thomas Warner, Jr .; Teller, A. B. West; Book-keeper, Charles L. Hubbard ; Clerks, C. H. Churchill, Henry Lewis; Directors, Philo F. Wil- cox, Henry Fuller, Jr., James D. Brewer, Gad O. Bliss, Elijah W. Bliss, Horace Smith, Henry S. Lee.
FIRST NATIONAL BANK-Main street, opp. Court Square-Capital, $400,000. President, James Kirkham; Cashier, J. D. Safford; Teller, Dustin A. Folsom; Book-keeper, F. L. Safford; Clerk, H. A. Beach; Directors, James Kirkham, O. H. Greenleaf, Henry Morris, D. B. Wes- son, W. K. Baker, T. W. Wason, George E. Howard.
JOHN HANCOCK NATIONAL BANK- Fort Block, corner Main and Fort streets -Capital, $150,000. President, R. S. Moore; Cashier, Edmund D. Chapin ;
Teller, James A. Bryan; Clerk, George K. Tapley; Directors, R. S. Moore, Elisha Gunn, A. L. Soule, Abijah W. Chapin, W. H. Wilkinson, John Kim- berly, James M. Thompson.
PYNCHON NATIONAL BANK -- 212 Main street-Capital, $150,000. President, H. N. Case; Cashier, Charles Marsh ; Teller, E. M. Bartlett; Book-keeper, Wm. C. Simons ; Directors, H. N. Case, Homer Foot, E. W. Bond, Willis Phelps, Ben-" jamin K. Bliss, N. W. Talcott, R. M. Cooley, James Abbe.
SECOND NATIONAL BANK (formerly Springfield Bank) -205 Main street, New Building-Capital, $300,000. Pres- ident, Henry Alexander, Jr .; Cashier, Lewis Warriner; Teller, William F. Ad- ams ; Book-keeper, Frederick Harris ; Clerk, Frederick O. Wells; Directors, Henry Alexander, Jr., Josiah Hooker, Benjamin Day, William Gunn, Alfred Rowe, George B. Morris, Horace Kibbe, Gurdon Bill, Hinsdale Smith.
THIRD NATIONAL BANK - Barnes' Block, Main street-Capital, $500,000. President, George Walker; Cashier, Frederick H. Harris; Teller, F. S. Bacon; Book-keeper, William G. Twing; Assist- ant Book-keeper, Edward Seeger; Clerk, William F. Callender ; Directors, George Walker, John L. King, Edmund Free- man, Clark W. Bryan, George W. Pren- tiss, Joseph Carew, J. C. Parsons, Aaron Bagg, James H. Morton.
HAMPDEN SAVINGS BANK-At Aga- wam National Bank, old B. & A. R. R. Office Building, opp. Massasoit House, till completion of new banking-house ; then
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at corner of Main and Lyman streets. President, Eliphalet Trask; Vice-Presi- dents, C. W. Chapin, D. L. Harris, T. W. Wason, F. Morgan ; Trustees, James A. Rumrill, W. H. Wilkinson, T. M. Brown, M. Chapin, T. W. Wason, Henry S. Hyde, W. K. Baker, John M. Stebbins, William Melcher, R. F. Hawkins, Arthur I. Bemis; Secretary, P. S. Bailey; Treas- urer, F. S. Bailey. Deposits, $700,000. Business hours, every business day at Agawam National Bank, from 9 A. M. to 3 P. M. Deposits made at any time be- tween the quarters ending the third Mondays of February, May, August and November, will be put on interest on the quarter day succeeding the deposit, at the rate of six per cent. per annum.
SPRINGFIELD FIVE CENT SAVINGS BANK-Hampden House Block, No. 2 Court street. President, Joseph C. Pyn- chon ; Vice-Presidents, Willis Phelps, Aaron Bagg, A. W. Chapin; Trustees, Ephraim W. Bond, H. Fuller, Jr., T. Warner, Jr., William Rice, Charles Marsh, David Smith, George B. Morris, William L. Smith, .James E. Russell ; Secretary, E. W. Bond ; Treasurer, D. J. Marsh; Book-keeper, Levi C. Child. Business hours, from 9 A. M., to 1 P. M., and from 2 to 3 P. M. Deposits re- ceived from Five Cents to One Thou- sand Dollars.
SPRINGFIELD INSTITUTION FOR SA- VINGS-New building, corner of Main and State streets. Incorporated 1827. President, Josiah Hooker; Vice-Presi- dent, Philo F. Wilcox ; Trustees, Josiah Hooker, Philo F. Wilcox, Benjamin Day, James M. Thompson, John B. Stebbins, William Gunn, Henry S. Lee; Audi- tors, Homer Foot, E. Freeman, J. D. Brewer; Treasurer, Henry S. Lee; Sec- retary, W. S. Shurtleff; Teller, W. H. Hawkes; Book-keeper, Henry H. Bow- man. Deposits, $3,850,000. Business hours, from 9 A. M, to 3 P. M. Re- ceives deposits and pays interest on all sums from One to One Thousand Dol- lars. Deposits made on or before the first of January, April, July, or October, will draw interest from those dates.
Insurance Companies.
MUTUAL FIRE ASSURANCE COMPANY -Incorporated 1849-Cash assets, Jan- uary, 1870, $75,000. President, W. C. Sturtevant; Secretary, L. A. Tift; Di- rectors, W. C. Sturtevant, Henry Ful- ler, Henry S. Lee, Elijah Blake, Joseph Ingraham, Roderick Ashley, Alfred Rowe, Ralph Day, Benning Leavitt. Office over Chicopee National Bank.
SPRINGFIELD FIRE AND MARINE IN- SURANCE COMPANY-Incorporated 1849 -Cash capital, $500,000. President, Edmund Freeman; Vice - President, Dwight R. Smith; Secretary, Sanford J. Hall; Book-keeper, A. J. Wright ; Clerks, H. W. Royce, Henry M. Gates, Loyal L. Rogers, R. W. Day; Directors, Edmund Freeman, Chester W. Chapin, Daniel L. Harris, Marvin Chapin, George S. C. Southworth, William Birnie, Wil- liam Stowe, James Brewer, Geo. Walker, Lombard Dale, A. D. Briggs, Henry E. Russell, C. L. Covell, George A. Hull, Dwight R. Smith. Office, Fort Block, Main street.
MASSACHUSETTS MUTUAL LIFE IN- SURANCE COMPANY-Incorporated 1851 -Surplus, exceeding $3,500,000. Presi- dent, Caleb Rice ; Vice-President, E. W. Bond; Secretary, Charles McLean Knox; Actuary, James Weir Mason; Medical Examiner, David P. Smith, M. D .; As- sistant Medical Examiner, H. G. Stick- ney; Clerks, William Andrews, George C. Andrews, E. D. Capron, C. T. Mer- rill, John A. Schlesinger, N. A. Winans, H. H. Leonard, Charles T. Safford, Al- fred Wood, R. E. Ingraham, Charles H. Woodsum; Janitor, Patrick McInery. Directors, Caleb Rice, Henry Fuller, Jr., Edmund Freeman, Otis Childs, W. C. Sturtevant, Samuel Bowles, Ephraim W. Bond, James Kirkham, Joseph Stone, Clark W. Bryan, Francis B. Ba- con, Springfield ; Elliot C. Cowdin, Al- fred Lambert, New York; A. I. Ben- yon, R. W. Holman, Boston, Mass .; William Bross, Benjamin Lombard, Chi- cago, Ill .; J. L. Erringer, Philadelphia, Pa. ; John S. Kidder, Manchester, N. H .; Gen. George J. Stannard, St. Albans,
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Vt .; James M. Churchill, Portland, Me. Office in Company's new building, 211 Main street.
SPRINGFIELD BOARD OF UNDERWRIT- ERS-Organized February 22, 1869- President, A. W. Chapin; Vice-Presi- dent, J. W. Holmes; Secretary, James M. Porter.
Churches.
Location-Pastors-Time of Meetings- Membership-Historical Facts.
FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH- Court Square, between Elm and Court streets. Founded 1637. Rev. Henry M. Parsons, pastor; settled 1854; sal- ary, $4,500. Deacons, Benjamin El- dridge, (retired,) John R. Hixon, Rod- erick Burt, Elbridge Brigham, Charles H. Smith, Addison P. Ware, Henry Morris. Superintendents of Bible Ser- vice, James L. Johnson, W. J. Holland, Nelson C. Newell.
Meetings-Sabbath, at 10 1-4 A. M., (with preaching,) 2 1-4 P. M., (Bible service and Sabbath-school,) 7 P. M., (prayer.) Monday night, young peo- ple's prayer-meeting, 7 1-2 P. M .; Wednesday night, teachers' meeting, 7 1-2 P. M. ; Thursday, female prayer- meeting, 3 P. M., and church prayer- meeting at 7 1-2 .P. M.
This is our oldest church, and but one year younger than Springfield. It has had few pastors, those preceding the present one having averaged a term of thirty-six years each. They were: Rev. George Moxon (1637-1652), Rev. Pele- tiah Grover (1661-1692), Rev. Daniel Brewer (1693-1733), Rev. Robert Breck (1736-1784), Rev. Bezaleel Howard, D. D. (1785-1809), Rev. Samuel Osgood, D. D. (1809-1862). Dr. Osgood is well remembered for his faithfulness, ready wit, quaint sayings, and kindness of heart.
Under the present pastor the church has made a net gain in membership of 248, and now numbers 684; but 112 are non-resident or temporarily absent. During the past year, the congregations
on Sunday averaged 504 in the morning, 377 in the afternoon, and 280 in the even- ing; benevolent contributions, $2,500; total raised for church purposes, $7,500. The Sunday-school numbers 511.
The First Church Annual is published early in each year, and gives the pastor's New Year's sermon, a resume of church work, the Sunday-school reports, and other matters of interest.
OLIVET CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH -State street, opposite Armory grounds. Founded in 1833. Rev. L. H. Cone, pastor; settled in 1867; salary, $2,500. Deacons, William A. Spooner, B. F. Quinby, E. A. Hubbard, George Dil- lingham. Sunday-school superintend- ent, the pastor; B. F. Quinby, assist- ant superintendent.
Meetings- Sabbath, 10 1-2 A. M., (Bible service and Sunday-school;) 2 1-2 P. M., (preaching ;) 7 P. M., (prayer;) Monday night, young people's prayer- meeting, and on Thursday night, church prayer-meeting, at 7 1-2 P. M. in winter and 7 3-4 P. M. in summer.
This church is the second in age of its denomination in the city. The mem- bership is now 270. The gifts for be- nevolence have increased from $337.40 in 1867 to $1,100 in 1869, and the total contributions last year were over $8,000, freeing the society from debt.
The Sabbath forenoon is given to the Bible service, (Sunday-school,) in which the pastor takes an active part. This is well attended, especially by the young, numbering 256; and many of the older people, who are necessarily kept at home in the morning, are accommodated by the afternoon preaching. The average congregation is 400.
SOUTH CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH- Bliss street, near Main. Founded in 1843. S. G. Buckingham, D. D., pastor; settled, January, 1847; salary, $3,000. Deacons, Erastus Hayes, Henry A. Rob- inson, A. F. Cowles, O. W. Wilcox. Sunday-school superintendent, Rev. J. L. Graves.
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Meetings-Sabbath, at 10 1-4 A. M., (with preaching;) 2 1-2 P. M. in winter, and 3 P. M. in summer, (Sunday-school;) 7 P. M. in winter, 7 1-2 P. M. in sum- mer, (prayer.) Thursday night, church prayer-meeting, at 7 1-2 P. M. in win- ter, 7 3-4 P. M. in summer.
This church had but one pastor before the present one, Rev. Noah Porter, who was dismissed in 1847 to accept a pro- fessorship in Yale College. The mem- bership is 360; average attendance on the Sabbath, 350; benevolent contribu- tions the last year, $3,147. The Sunday- school numbers 230.
A mission Sunday-school has been gathered by members of this church, near corner of Union street and Eastern avenue, and numbers 96, with H. S. Lee as superintendent. A new chapel will soon be completed for them, with accom- modations for 300 scholars.
NORTH CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH- West side of Main street, between West Worthington and West Bridge streets. Founded in 1846. Rev. Richard G. Greene, pastor; settled in 1866; salary, $3,500. Deacons, E. G. Norton, O. D. Morse, J. W. Hawks, L. S. Stowe. Sun- day-school superintendent, H. S. Brooks.
Meetings-Sabbath, 10 1-2 A. M., 7 P. M. in winter, 7 1-2 P. M. in summer; Sabbath-school immediately after the morning service. Sunday-school prayer- meeting, Monday night, and church prayer-meeting, Thursday night,-each at 7 1-2 P. M. in winter, 7 3-4 P. M. in summer.
This church was organized with twenty-two members, and held meetings at first in Frost's Hall on Sanford street. The pastors preceding the present one were: Raymond H. Seely, D. D., dis- missed to take charge of the American Chapel at Paris, France; Rev. James Drummond, removed by death; Rev. L. Clark Seelye, dismissed to accept a pro- fessorship in Amherst College. A col- ony of fifty-five members from this church, was organized into the Memorial Church, October 27, 1865.
The membership of the North Church, May 1, 1870, was 388, about 100 of whom were absent or non-resident; and about 40 members of other churches are regu- lar communicants here. The number of separate families represented in the par- ish is 250; parishioners, regular or irreg- ular in attendance, about 1,000; usual congregation, about 400. The Sunday- school numbers 331. The annual ex- penditure is not far from $6,500, $2,400 being for music.
Though the house of worship is sur- passed by many new churches, yet when completed, more than twenty years ago, it was regarded as one of the finest in this region. Its architecture is gothic, with a tower fronting on the street, and a large vestry in the basement. The auditorium has 700 sittings, and is lighted mostly from the roof.
The mission Sunday-school on York street is partly sustained by the North and partly by the First Church, and num- bers 70. Dr. N. E. Ames of the former church is superintendent. It meets on Sunday at 2 1-4 P. M.
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH AT IN- DIAN ORCHARD-Pulpit vacant. Dea- cons, Jacob S. Eaton, A. J. Woodman. Superintendent of Sunday-school, Chas. J. Goodwin.
Meetings-Sabbath, 10 1-2 A. M. and 2 P. M. Prayer-meeting at Library Hall, Friday evening at 7 1-2 P. M.
This church has a membership of 52, and an average congregation of about 130. There were contributed the past year about $200 for the Sunday-school, and $900 for church purposes. A pastor will soon be settled, and there is talk of building a new church.
FREE CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH (colored) - Sanford street. Founded in 1849. Rev. Samuel Harrison, pastor; settled, November, 1866; salary, $600. The membership is 40; congregation about 150. The Sunday-school numbers 60; Eli Baptist, superintendent. The church receives a small amount of out-
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side aid, but is growing in numbers and strength.
MEMORIAL CHURCH, UNION EVAN- GELICAL-Round Hill, junction of Main, Chicopee, and Bradford streets, and Plainfield road. Organized October 29, 1865. Rev. W. T. Eustis, pastor; set- tled June 2, 1869; salary, $4,000. Dea- cons, J. D. Stratton, Joshua Grant, D. J. Bartlett, A. F. Niles. Sunday-school superintendent, J. D. Stratton.
Meetings-Sabbath, 10 1-4 A. M. and 3 P. M. in winter, and in summer the second service is at 6 P. M .; every second Sunday evening in the month, the meet- ing is a service of praise. Sabbath-school, 11 3-4 A. M. Prayer-meetings, Sunday and Thursday evenings, in the chapel; young people's meeting, Wednesday evening. Social meetings on alternate Friday evenings. Teachers' meeting, every fortnight, Wednesday evening, in pastor's study.
North of the Boston and Albany Railroad, there was a large population, but no house of worship, nor regular preaching, when this church was formed. It has done a missionary work here. Many of its members were from the North Church; some came also from other religious societies. The help of the children was assured when Scatter- good Sunday-school came in. The lat- ter had been started in 1861 by a Meth- odist lady, and largely sustained by the Pynchon Street Church.
The membership is about 200; the average congregation, 600; and the Sun- day-school numbers about 500. The sum raised for church purposes the past year was $13,000.
The house of worship was built of Monson granite, in the gothic style, cost- ing about $120,000.
CHURCH OF THE UNITY, UNITARIAN (See Illustration) - East State street, above Maple street. Founded in 1819. Rev. Charles A. Humphreys, pastor; settled, November 29, 1865; salary, $3,600. Superintendent of Sunday- school, F. S. Bailey.
Meetings-Sabbath, 10 1-2 A. M., 7 1-2 P. M. Strangers are shown to seats five minutes before the morning service, and ten minutes before the evening service. Sunday-school immediately after the morning service.
This church was formed of a number of members who left the First Church be- cause they held more liberal views than the pastor. They were incorporated as the "Third Congregational Society of Springfield." Jonathan Dwight, one of their number, gave to the society a meet- ing-house, built at his own expense, and of such dimensions and elegance as they directed. Other members subscribed six- teen thousand dollars, as a permanent fund for the support of preaching. The pastors preceding the present one were: Rev. William B. O. Peabody, Rev. Geo. F. Simmons, and Rev. Francis Tiffany.
The society is represented by 200 families and over 700 parishioners. The church membership is about 100; aver- age congregation, 400. The Sunday- school has 130 pupils.
The present house of worship was completed and dedicated early in 1869, and cost $150,000. It is of the Italian- Grecian style of architecture, and built of brown stone from the Longmeadow quarries. The audience room is 120 feet long and 56 feet wide, with walls 30 feet high on the inside; back of this is the chapel or Sunday-school room, 55 feet long and 24 feet wide. A tower rises from the north-west corner, terminating in a spire, whose point is 144 feet from the ground, and all of stone. For situation, style of finish and general appearance, this church edifice ranks among the finest in the country.
CHRIST CHURCH, EPISCOPAL-State street, near junction of Chestnut and Maple streets. Founded in 1838. Alex- ander Burgess, D. D., rector; instituted, November 28, 1869; salary, $3,000 and use of rectory. Wardens, J. B. Steb- bins and R. B. Hildreth; Vestrymen, J. D. Brewer, E. S. Allin, A. J. McIntosh, William Patton, Francis Norton, R. G.
CHURCH OF THE UNITY, EAST STATE STREET, ABOVE MAPLE STREET.
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Shumway and Thomas Warner, Jr. ; Clerk, J. H. Morton; Treasurer, J. D. Safford.
Meetings-Sabbath, 10 1-2 A. M., 7 1-2 P. M. On the first Sabbath after- noon of every month, the three mission Sunday-schools assemble at the church with the home school there, for catechis- ing. Meetings are held in the chapel, Wednesday at 10 A. M., Friday at 7 1-2 P. M .; and on Monday evening after the first Sunday in the month, there is one for teachers.
Meetings held in the chapel at the United States Armory, and afterwards at the Town Hall, resulted in the organ- ization of this church. The rectors, prior to the installation of Dr. Burgess, were: Rev. Henry W. Lee, now Bishop of Iowa; Rev. Henry W. Adams; Rev. Abram N. Littlejohn, now Bishop of Long Island; Rev. William S. Child; Rev. George H. McKnight.
There are nearly 275 communicants, and 200 families in the parish. Four Sunday-schools are sustained; one at the church, with 250 members, R. B. Hildreth, superintendent; St. James mis- sion Sunday-school, meeting at Oak street school-house, John Thonger, su- perintendent; St. Peters, meeting at Central street school-house, J. Louis Stebbins, superintendent; St. Johns, meeting at Charles street school-house, J. E. Shipman, superintendent. The mission Sunday-schools number 175 members. The sum raised for church purposes, the past year, was $14,500; $3,000 being for the payment of a debt for the rectory, and $2,500 charitable offerings.
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH - Corner Main street and Harrison avenue. Founded in 1811. George B. Ide, D. D., pastor; settled, October, 1852; sal- ary, $2,500. Deacons, Harvey Foster, John E. Taylor, Isaac E. Williams, H. C. Martin, George A. Lawrence. Sun- day-school superintendent, George P. Geer.
7 1-2 P. M .; Sunday-school, immediately after the morning service. Thursday evening, prayer-meeting, 7 1-2 P. M. in winter, 7 3-4 P. M. in summer.
This church was organized with 19 members, at the Water Shops, and strug- gled for years in poverty and feebleness, without pastor or house of worship. Its first church edifice, built in 1821, was near the Water Shops; the sec- ond, built ten years later, was at the corner of Maple and Mulberry streets; the present house was completed in 1847. The church has since greatly prospered, and a colony of 143 members was dis- missed from it in 1864 to form the State Street Baptist Church.
The membership of the First Baptist is 433; average congregation, 450; total contributions the past year, $5,900, 6f which $1,700 was for benevolent pur- poses ; $1,075 of the latter sum was for the aid of poor churches in the county. The Sunday-school numbers 300.
The mission Sunday-school in Car- lisle district, connected with this church, numbers 40; average attendence, 25.
STATE STREET BAPTIST CHURCH- State street, opposite Dwight street. Organized in 1864. Rev. A. K. Potter, pastor; installed, January, 1865; salary, $2,500. Deacons, Nathan G. Corning, John H. Lawton, Alpheus Hawkes, Jonas H. Hastings, David M. Chapin, Andrew Titus. Sunday-school super- intendent, D. H. Brigham.
Meetings-Sabbath, 10 1-2 A. M., 2 1-4 P. M., with preaching; 7 P. M., prayer meeting; Sunday-school imme- diately after morning service. Monday night, young people's prayer-meeting ; Wednesday night, teachers' meeting ; Thursday night, church prayer-meeting. There is also a prayer-meeting on Tues- day night at Central street ward room. The hour for week-day meetings is 7 1-2 P. M. in winter, and 7 3-4 P. M. in sum- mer.
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