Civil, political, professional and ecclesiastical history, and commercial and industrial record of the County of Kings and the City of Brooklyn, N. Y., Part 88

Author: Stiles, Henry Reed, 1832-1909.
Publication date: 1884
Publisher: New York : Munsell
Number of Pages: 1360

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St. Paul's Free Church was the offspring of St. Ann's. Rev. Thomas Pyne (who was mainly instrumental in com- mencing and forwarding this work) was engaged as mission- ary. During the first year of its existence, services were held in the public school-room in Middagh street, under the direction of a committee of gentlemen who, with but a sin- gle exception, were connected with St. Ann's Church. The Sabbath-school, also, was conducted by teachers drawn mostly from St. Ann's congregation. In 1834, a building in Pearl street, now Concord, was purchased and refitted for this church. The Rev. T. S. Brittain became Rector in June, 1835. The enterprise was maintained wholly by voluntary contributions, and it languished until, in 1839 or '40, the edi- fice was sold, and services were suspended till a reorganiza- tion was effected, under the name of Calvary Church, with Rev. W. H. Lewis, Rector. During some years the parish was prosperous. John J. Fish, D. D., succeeded Mr. Lewis. but left in 1849. The parish was not prosperous after Mr. Fish resigned, and, in 1861, it ceased to exist.

Trinity Church was organized in March, 1835. Eight lots were donated on Clinton avenue, between Atlantic and Ful- ton avennes, by George W. Pine, and a stone edifice, 60 by 15, erected. The Rectors of the church were, in suc- cession. Revs. D. V. M. Johnson, Dr. Thos. W. Coit and R. C. Shimeall. In 1811, the parish having become embarrassed, public worship was discontinued, and the church was soll; but was purchased, and the services were revived by the con- gregation of St. Luke's.

Christ Church, corner of Clinton and Harrison streets, had its inception in the labors principally of the members of St. Ann's parish. The parish was organized and recognized in the diocese, May 18, 1835. Services were first hekl in 1837, in a chapel on the corner of Court and Pacific streets, where the pulpit was temporarily supplied by Rev. C. S. Henry, Fred. C. Goodwin, Prof. Turner and Kingston Goddard. Mr. Goddard became Rector in 1838, and was succeeded by the Rev. Dr. John Seely Stone in 1841.

The corner-stone of the new church, on the corner of Clin- ton and Harrison streets, was laid June 26, 1841, and the

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church was consecrated July 28th, 1842. The cost of the structure alone was $33,000.

Rectors :- Rev. E. H. Canfield, D. D., 1853-'68 ; Rev. Lucius W. Bancroft, D. D., in 1869-'84. In 1856, the chapel and Sunday-school accommodations were enlarged to nearly double their previous capacity, at a cost of about $25,000.

In 1861, a Mission Chapel was built on the corner of Clinton and Luqueer streets, and organized as the Church of Our Saviour in 1867. Another very successful mission, Christ Church Chapel, on Red Hook Point, is now supported by Christ Church, under the charge, successively, of Revs. Wil- liam Hyde, Carlos E. Butler, Charles H. Tucker, and William Hyde again. It has (July, 1883) 177 communicants and 560 Sunday-school scholars. Revs. Wm. B. Bodine, E. L. Stod- dard, C. H. Nicholson, A. B. Carver and Bishop Falkner have been Assistant Ministers under Dr. Bancroft.

The church not only has no debt, but has a surplus in its treasury. It has (July, 1883) 519 communicants and 352 Sunday-school scholars.

St. Mary's Church commenced as a Sunday-school, on Classon avenue, at the Wallabout, in 1836. Here Rev. D. V. M. Johnson held afternoon services during about 6 months. In 1837, Mr. Joseph Hunter became Superintendent of the school, and lay-reader to a small congregation. In that year a small edifice was erected, and the church called St. Mary's was organized. The church was consecrated Feb. 1, 1840, and enlarged in 1841. During the first six years, Revs. John Messenger, Mr. Hunter (who had taken deacon's orders), Thomas T. Guion and John A. Spooner had charge. Rev. John W. Shackleford became Rector in Nov., 1849. In 1856, Rev. Mr. Johnson, the father of the church, became Rector, and ground for a new church edifice was pur- chased on Classon avenue near Myrtle. The corner-stone was laid in 1858, and the church was opened the next year. The cost of church and grounds was $32,000, and the sittings were made free. A rectory was soon added.

In 1864, the church debt was extinguished, and the building was consecrated. Ground was purchased, and a rectory was built near the church, and the entire property is free from debt.

In 1873, a chapel was erected at the corner of Park avenue and Skillman street, and this was enlarged in 1881.

Two day-schools are maintained in the parish; one at the school-room of the church, the other at the branch. The be- nevolent work of this parish is efficiently sustained by its members. Rev. Dr. Johnson is still the Rector; Rev. Alonzo E. Diller, Asst. Min. St. Mary's has (July, 1883) 506 com- municants and 681 Sunday-school scholars.

Emmanuel Church, in Sidney place, was incorporated in 1841, and a neat brick edifice was finished and consecrated in 1842. Rev. Kingston Goddard was the first Pastor, followed in 1844 by Rev. Francis Vinton, D. D. A large and costly church was built a few years later. A new organization under the name of Grace Church, was effected in 1847; the building was sold, and another edifice was erected on the cor- ner of Hicks street and Grace Court.

Calvary Free Church, on Pearl st., near Concord, was purchased by Mr. Edgar J. Bartow, on the dissolution of St. Paul's congregation, about 1840. Mr. Barlow refitted and furnished the church at his own expense, and invited Rev. Wm. H. Lewis to take the pastoral charge, which he held until June, 1847. Subsequently, the accommodations were enlarged by Mr. Barlow, at his own expense. Rev. John Fish, D. D., became Rector after Mr. Lewis; but, in 1849, he resigned, and in 1861 the parish ceased to exist.

Calvary Church may be well considered the parent church of the Holy Trinity, as not only a large portion of the con- gregation, but its founder, Rector, organist, choir and sexton,

all became connected with the latter, in the same rela- tions.

St. Luke's Church, on Clinton avenue, was a reorganization, Dec. 14, 1841 (and incorporated 27th same month), from the ele- ments of Trinity Church, and occupied the same edifice. It was in charge of Rev. D. V. M. Johnson, of St. Mary's Church, until April, 1842, when the Rev. Jacob W. Diller was called to the rectorship, the church then having 26 communicants. The church edifice was enlarged by the extension of the nave and the addition of two transepts, in 1853, at an outlay of $15,000. In the spring of 1869, the pew system was abolished, and St. Luke's began its career as a free church.

In 1878, Rev. Jas. W. Sparks was called as Assistant Minis- ter. In December, 1379, on account of the infirmities of the " Rector, who had ministered to the congregation during thirty-eight years, his resignation was accepted, and he was retired as Rector emeritus, with a suitable competency. A call was at once extended to Rev. George R. Vandewater, and he entered on his pastoral duties, Feb. 1, 1880. Easter of that year was signalized by the cancellation of the bonded debt of the church, and the inception of a firm resolve that from thenceforth its ground and structures should be free, in every sense of the word. On June 28, of that year, the steamer Seawanhaka, on which the Rev. Dr. Diller was a passenger, was destroyed by fire in New York harbor, and the venerable Rector emeritus perished in the flames.

During the years 1880 and 1881 a chancel extension was erected-solid, substantial and impressing-having five hand- some stained-glass windows, and covering a beautiful marble altar and reredos, as well as a fine tablet "in memoriam" of the late Rev. Father Diller. A new organ chamber and a new organ (the third largest in the city) have been added ; also, a new bell of 2,000 pounds weight. A new chapel lias been erected, and the Parish Hall, on Vanderbilt avenue, has been repaired and improved. The total expense of these im- provements was $43.500. The church is free from debt.

Rev. Joseph Reynolds, Jr., is Assistant Minister, and the church has (July, 1883) 812 communicants and 394 Sunday- school scholars.

Rev. JACOB W. DILLER, D. D., born in Lancaster, Pa., Sept. 9, 1810, was educated at the Flushing Institute, and was or- dained deacon April, 1834, at St. George's Church, Flushing. A year later, he was advanced to the priesthood, and served as assistant in St. John's, Brooklyn, for three years. He then went to Middlebury, Vt., remaining four years. In 1842, he was called to St. Luke's Parish, Brooklyn, at its or- ganization. St. Luke's was then a little chapel, standing in a cornfield, on the extreme outskirts of Brooklyn. Dr. Diller worked hard and spared not himself in the cause of his Mas- ter. Through his labors the church was greatly increased and a new edifice erected. His life was suddenly terminated July 2, 1880, by the burning of the Seawanhaka, on which he was a passenger. His life was a pure exemplification of piety, charity, doctrine and devotion. His profound earnest- ness for the temporal and spiritual good of his people en- deared him to them in a wonderful way.

Rev. GEORGE R. VAN DE WATER, born in Flushing, L. I., 1854 ; grad. Cornell Univ. 1874, and Gen. Theol. Sem., N. Y., 1877; is a trustee of Theo. Sem .; located at Oyster Bay, L. I., 1876-'80; Brooklyn, 1880-'84.

St. Thomas' Church was organized in 1843 as a free church, by Rev. John F. Messenger. He was followed by Rev. R. H. Bourne, 1846-'51, and he, by Rev. Wm. F. Walker, 1851-'52; Rev. John Frederic Schroeder, 1853. In 1853, the churchi edifice was sold to a German Catholic society for $4,500.

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THE CHURCH OF THE HOLY TRINITY.

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The congregation of St. Thomas removed to Bridge street for a time, but eventually separated.

The Church of the Holy Trinity .- The erection of this noble and expensive edifice was wholly the work of Mr. and Mrs. Edgar J. Bartow. He not only supervised the design, but hired much of the labor by the day. It is believed that the cost of the church and chapel was about $175,000. The chapel was opened June 7, 1846, and the church, April 25, 1847, by Rev. W. H. Lewis, D. D., who was invited to take charge of the church by Mr. Bartow. The parish was duly organized Nov. 27, 1851. Dr. Lewis was called to the rector- ship, and Rev. T. Stafford Drowne elected Assistant Minister, having served in that capacity since Nov. 1, 1848. In 1856, the congregation purchased the church (not completed) for $100,000. It was consecrated September 23d of the same vear.

Dr. Lewis resigned the rectorship in 1860, and was suc- ceeded by the Rev. A. N. Littlejohn. The debt of the con- gregation was nearly extinguished; the tower and spire were completed at a cost of $65,000; the rectory was re-purchased, and very large sums were annually contributed for benevo- lent purposes.

Upon being consecrated Bishop of Long Island, January 27, 1869, Dr. Littlejohn retired from the rectorship; and was succeeded, March 1st, 1869, by the present Rector, Charles H. Hall, D. D .; Rev. Harry O. Lacey, Assist. Min. The clergy connected with the church as assistant ministers during the first rectorship were: Rev. T. Stafford Drowne, November 16th, 1848, to May 7th, 1858; Rev. Henry T. Gregory for a short time, followed by Rev. Cornelius B. Smith, who con- tinued to February 1st, 1860. When Dr. Littlejohn assumed the rectorate, the Rev. N. W. Taylor Root was assistant for a few months, succeeded by Rev. John C. Middleton from October 21st, 1860, to Easter 1863. In the following October, Rev. John H. Rogers became assistant, after whose with- drawal in 1865, temporary services were rendered by the Revs. J. D. Philip and Charles H. Van Dyne in 1866. Early in 1867, the Rev. Benjamin B. Newton was appointed Assistant Minister. The church has (July, 1883) 750 communicants and 231 Sunday-school scholars.

In 1871, a mission was established by this church in Myrtle avenue. In 1875, this was transferred to the old St. Ann's church building in Washington street; and, when this was demolished by the Bridge Company, in 1879, the church edi- fice of the First Reformed Presbyterian Society in Duffield street, between Myrtle and Willoughby avenues, was pur- chased and refitted at an expense of $25,000, and it is now the Chapel of the Holy Trinity, under the charge of Rev. William Short. It has (July, 1883) 190 communicants and 306 Sunday- school scholars.

EDGAR JOHN BARTOW, born on the 29th of April, 1809, at Fishkill, N. Y., was a son of Augustus Bartow, of Pelham Manor, Westchester Co., N. Y., and a descendant of Gen. Bertaut, of Brittany, a French Protestaut, who fled to Eng- land some time before 1672. The different branches of his family in England and this country were early distinguished for their attachment to the Episcopal Church, and their efforts to extend it; and many of the name have been connected with its ministry.

On the death of his father, Mr. Bartow's family, in 1816, removed to New York city; and, in 1830, took up their resi- dence in Brooklyn, and were members of St. Ann's parish, Mr. Bartow filling, at different times, the position of teacher, librarian and secretary of the Suuday-school. On the 13th of November, 1838, he was married to Harriet Constable, a daughter of Mr. Hezekialı B. Pierrepont, of Brooklyn, a per-

son of kindred tastes, who shared in a remarkable degree his unostentatious and liberal spirit.

Mr. Bartow's business, from youth, was the manufacture of paper; and, during his more prosperous days, he devoted his means and influence with Christian fidelity to all the in- terests of the church, and especially to every local organiza- tion or object in which he could be useful. For years after the Church of the Holy Trinity was opened, he liberally aided the congregation of Calvary Church in maintaining their services, presenting the use of the building; and no one in this con- munity contributed more towards relieving the necessit'es of the poor. In secular matters he was also identified with every movement that concerued the progress and improve- ment of Brooklyn.

He took a warm interest in the laying out of streets, in the erection of houses and public buildings, and was instru- mental in establishing the Montague Street Ferry, haviug built, at an outlay of over $45,000, the stone archways and inclined plane from the Heights to the river.

In politics, although not an active participator, he was in his sympathies a Democrat, and in 1846 was chosen by that party as its candidate for Mayor; but he declined the honor, although he would, beyond a doubt, have been elected. Thoroughly retired and domestic in his tastes and habits, fond of the congenial society of a few, whom he knew in- timately and loved, he shrank as far as possible from public notice and commendation.

His wife died iu 1855; and, in 1860, Mr. Bartow married Caroline, daughter of Col. John M. Gamble, U. S. M., of Morristown, N. J. He continued to reside in Brooklyn (al- thougli his business avocations called him frequently to Nor- wich, Conn., to superintend the operations of the Chelsea Manufacturing Company, of which he was president), until his death, on the 6th of September, 1864.

Rev. CHARLES H. HALL, D.D., born 1820, at Augusta, Ga .; grad. Yale, 1842, and gen. Theol. Sem., 1844; Rector at Hunt- ington, L. I., West Point, N. Y., Johnisland, So. Ca., Wash- ington, D. C .; located Brooklyn, Marclı 1, 1869; author of Notes on the Gospels, 2 vols. Protestant Ritualism, Church of the Household, Spina Christi, Valley of the Shadow, and published sermons.

Grace Church, Brooklyn Heights, was organized (See Em- manuel Church) May 3d, 1847, with Rev. Dr. Francis Vinton, first Rector. The corner-stone of the new edifice on Hicks street and Grace court was laid June 29th, 1848, and on Christmas Day, 1848, it was opened free from debt. It was consecrated June 29th, 1849. Dr. Vinton wassucceeded on his resignation (to become Assistant Minister in Trinity Church, New York) in 1855, by Rev. Jared B. Flagg, and he by Rev. Eugene Hoffman, in Feb., 1864; followed by Rev. Ben- jamin H. Paddock, D. D., in May, 1869. The present Rec- tor William A. Snively, S. T. D., succeeded Dr. Paddock in 1874. Rev. Henry T. Scudder is Assistant Minister. Grace Church lias (July, 1883) 360 communicants and 300 Sunday- school scholars. It has a parish school, and also supports Grace Chapel, in High street, near the Navy Yard.

Rev. WILLIAM A. SNIVELY, S. T. D., born in Greencastle, Pa., 1833; grad. Dickinson Coll. Pa., 1852; tutor Dick. Coll., 1853-'5; S. T. D., Columbia, 1875; located Pittsburgh, Cincin- nati, Albany, Brooklyn, 1874-'84; author of Oberammergau Passion Play, 1881; Cathedral System, 1879; Genealogical Memoranda, 1883; Active in the U. S. Sanitary Com.

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GRACE CHURCH, BROOKLYN HEIGHTS. (See previous page.)

Protestant Episcopal Church of the Reformation .- A parish under this name was organized September 20, 1847, by the labors, and under the pastoral charge, of the Rev. Thomas S. Britton, in the vicinity of Atlantic street, in South Brooklyn. Services were first held in a school-room on the corner of Henry and Atlantic streets. Mr. Britton, however, abjured Episcopacy, in 1848, and united himself with the Brooklyn Presbytery, and the church became extinct.

Grace Church Chapel (St. Michael's Church), was com- inenced in 1847 by the Rev. Evan M. Johnson, in a room in Marshall street, near the Jackson ferry, where meetings were first held in September of that year. He was successful, and soon leased from the city, for ten years, the "Eastern Market," in High street, and first held services there in Feb- ruary, 1848. Soon an addition of 40 by 50 feet was built. Rev. Win. F. Webbe was Assistant Rector from 1849 to 1869. The church was incorporated, and a parsonage worth about $3,500, was erected. A new church edifice and rectory, of brick, were erected in 1866, on High street, near Gold; the same that is now occupied as Grace Church Chapel.

In 1870, the property was purchased by Bishop Littlejohn, and placed under the pastoral charge of Rev. William M. Willian. In March, 1871, Grace Church, Brooklyn Heights, purchased this church property, continuing the services of Rev. Mr. Willian till his resignation, June 15, 1875. He was succeeded, in September, by Rev. H. L. Tighe, as Assistant Minister of Grace Church, Brooklyn Heights, in charge of Grace Church Chapel.

Under the administration of Mr. Tighe, a very large amount of work has been accomplished, and the wisdom of the founder in planting the church in this locality has been demonstrated. Grace Chapel has (July, 1883) 108 communi- cants and 301 Sunday-school scholars.

St. Peter's .- This parish was commenced about the year 1847, by a few individuals who worshiped at first in a large brick building in Powers street, under the pastoral charge of Rov. William Staunton. The parish was regularly organized May 18, 1848, and the congregation, which subsequently wor- shiped in a brick building, in Atlantic street, near Nevins street, gradually increased in numbers and strength.

In 1849, Rev. John Stearns became Rector ; and, in June, 1850, the corner-stone of a church was laid at the junction of Atlantic and Bond streets. Mr. Stearns resigned in the spring of 1855, and was succeeded by Rev. John A. Paddock; and, in 1856, the congregation requiring a larger house, a new struc- ture was erected on State street, near Bond. It was opened in Jany., 1857, and consecrated, after the extinguishment of the debt, in 1865. Its total cost was about $45,000.

Rev. Mr. Paddock, in 1880, was consecrated a Bishop, and the present Rector, Rev. Charles A. Tibbals, was called early in 1881. An elegant and commodious rectory, the gift of a single parishioner, was built in 1874. St. Peter's Church has (July. 1883) 356 communicants, and 382 Sunday-school scholars.

A Mission School was commenced by members of the parish, in March, 1859, and a chapel was afterward erected in Wyckoff street, near Bond, where the school has since been held.

Rev. CHARLES A. TIBBALS, born at Suffield, Ct., 1853; grad. Yale College, 1872; Theo. Sem., 1874 ; located Red Bank, N. J., 1878-81: Bklyn., 1881.

St. Paul's Church, Clinton, corner of Carroll street. This parish was organized on Christmas Day, 1849, under the pastoral charge of the Rev. Isaac P. Labagh. The original church edifice, built in 1850, consisted of a nave, tower and spire. Transepts were added in 1852, making it cruciform, with a recessed chancel. In June, 1858, the Rev. T. Stafford Drowne became Rector. The steady growth of the congrega- tion rendered necessary a second enlargement of the build- ing in 1860.

The corner-stone of the present church edifice was laid June 27, 1867, and the church was first occupied, September, 1869. It is of Greenwich blue-stone, with Ohio and Jersey free-stone trimmings. It is 145 by 72 feet, and 60 feet in height. It has a seating capacity of 1,000, and the cost, with the site, was $150,000. A stone chapel stands in the rear of the church, 85 by 34 feet in size. Its cost was $4,000.

This church was the first in Brooklyn to introduce a sur- pliced choir. Dr. Drowne resigned his rectorship on the 28th of September, 1875, to become the Secretary of the Diocese of Long Island; and was succeeded, February 1, 1877, by the present Rector, Rev. Warren C. IJubbard. Rev. C. Ellis Stevens is Assistant Minister. St. Panl's Church has (July, 1883) 335 communicants and 225 Sunday-school scholars.

Rev. WARREN C. HUBBARD, born in Brooklyn, 1847; grad. Syracuse Univ., 1871: and in Theol., Seneca Falls, N. Y., 1873: located Seneca Falls, 1873-'77; Brooklyn, 1877-'84.

St. Mark's Church, formerly in Fleet street, was the re- sult of a missionary effort undertaken by the Church of the Holy Trinity in the year 1850, aided and encouraged by the hearty sympathy and liberality of the other Episcopalian congregations of the city.

A plain substantial edifice was erected, the expense of which was defrayed wholly by free-will offerings. It was opened October 6th, 1850, Rev. Francis Peck becoming its first Rector.

Originally established as a free church, and sustained chiefly by the parish of the Holy Trinity, it was, in 1856, thrown upon its own resources, and resorted to the renting of the pews for its necessary support.

Rectors :- Revs. Edmund Embury, 1859: Thomas G. Carver, 1859-'61; F. Cornell, 1861-'9. In 1859, the congregation sold their church edifice and erected a new building on DeKalb avenne, opposite Fort Greene. This they sokl, in 1865, and purchased the church previously occupied by the congre- gation of the Messiah, in Adelphi street, near DeKalb avenue.

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Rev. William T. Fitch was Rector from 1869-'75, and Rev. Spencer S. Roche, 1875-'84. St. Mark's Church has (July, 1883) 390 communicants and 309 Sunday-school scholars.

Church of the Redeemer .- This parish was org. April 14, 1853, and incorporated in the following December. The original board of trustees were: Messrs. F. A. Huntington, Wm. H. Beare, John D. Cocks, W. Cooper, A. H. Washburne, J. C. Pelham, Frederick Lacey and William Poole. These also constituted the first vestry, with the addition of Messrs. R. Ford, Jr., and Thomas Rawlings.

Having leased a hall over the old butcher's shop, on the corner of Fulton avenue and Elm place (since destroyed by fire), the congregation, which was largely drawn from St. Peter's parish, began its work under the pastoral care of the Rev. D. W. Tolford. Shortly after this the Rev. D. P. Sanford assumed the rectorship, Nov. 13, 1853. He wrote in the parish records : " At this time the number of communi- cants was about thirty-five. The attendance had been fluctuating, owing to the want of a settled pastor, and to the uncertainty of the permanence of the congregation." At the first celebration of the Holy Communion there was forty-four communicants, and just one year from that time there were seventy-four, with a congregation numbering over two hundred. On May 20, 1854, a receipt was given for the first payment on the lots of ground purchased by the parish, on the corner of Fourth ave. and Pacific st. The price was $9,500, but Mr. W. B. Loyd deducted $2,500 as his subscrip- tion. On this ground a brick chapel, 35 by 80 feet, was erected, also a bell tower, 9 by 9 feet, and about 60 feet high. The builders were Messrs. Walton and F. D. Norris, the architect being Mr. G. Wheeler. The contract price was $8,- 700, and ground was broken about Sept. 1, 1854. On Sept. 27, 1854, the parish was admitted to union with the Diocesan Convention of New York. The chapel was first opened for divine service on Easter Eve, 1855, the sermon being preached by the Rt. Rev. H. J. Whitehouse, Bishop of Illinois; and the next day being Easter, the Rt. Rev. Horatio Potter, Bishop of New York, administered the rite of Holy Confirmation to eleven persons. The Rev. Mr. Sanford resigned his position on the first Sunday after Easter, 1858. The Rev. Charles S. Putnam succeeded him on the first Sunday of July following, but, from illness, he resigned the rectorship May 24, 1859. The parish has placed, through the generosity of Mr. C. P. Burdett, a beautiful memorial window to record his faithful ministry. The Rev. Edward Jessup succeeded in August, 1859. He labored for a number of years, extinguishing the old indebtedness of nearly $14,000, and continually accumu. lating money for the erection of a new church edifice.

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Civil, political, professional and ecclesiastical history, and commercial and industrial record of the County of Kings and the City of Brooklyn, N. Y., Part 88

Author: Stiles, Henry Reed, 1832-1909. Publication date: 1884 Publisher: New York : Munsell Number of Pages: 1360

Author: Stiles, Henry Reed, 1832-1909.
Publication date: 1884
Publisher: New York : Munsell
Number of Pages: 1360