Manual Of The Congregational Church Wethersfield Conn

Author : Congregational Church of Wethersfi Conn
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780267997893
Total Pages : 52 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (978 download)

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Download or read book Manual of the Congregational Church, Wethersfield, Conn written by Congregational Church of Wethersfi Conn and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-07 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Manual of the Congregational Church, Wethersfield, Conn: Comprising Historical and Biographical Memoranda, Chronological Catalogue, Confession of Faith, Covenant and Standing Rules, and Present List of the Church Riches of this Indian Paradise. His favorable report led to the erec tion of a trading house, near the mouth of Tunxis river at W'indsor, under the sanction of the Plymouth colony, as early as October, 1633; and a similar one had been erected, by the Dutch from Manhattan, at Hartford, a short time before but neither of these establishments seems to have been intended as the nucleus of a settlement. In Sep tember of the same year, Rev. Thomas Hooker, who had been driven into exile from England, for non-conformity, in 1630, accompanied by Samuel Stone, his assistant, followed and rejoined his old parishioners at Newtown, Mass, who, soon after his excision from his ministry, had fled to America under a mutual pledge of reunion. The crowded state of the settlement, where they met, led them to cast about for room and the Connecticut valley, being at that moment the favorite. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.