Scope and Contents These are 14 sets of sermon notes. Each sermon is handwritten in a separate pamphlet. The sermons are unattributed with multiple dates and locations, indicating reuse by the pastor. Rev. John Stevens may have been the author of some or all of these sermons. Psalm 116:7 – first preached July 1, 1798 Luke 24:30 – first preached August 14, 1803 Isaiah 8:17 – first...

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Kept by James Osgood, First Congregatinal Church's first pastor, this book contains pages of "remarkable things," accounts of salary Osgood recieved in Salisbury, a list of moneys paid to creditors, sermon notes, and books received by Osgood. The volume also contains birth/baptismal records kept in a different hand.

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This volume contains church meeting minutes, including record of the call to Osgood as settled pastor, articles of faith, records of church discipline, including censure, membership records, baptismal records, and marriage records.

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This is an account book of the Osgood family, including James Osgood's expenses and Sarah Osgood's expenses, most of the household expenses for foodstuffs (including rum, chocolate, and butchery services) and clothing goods (including sewing supplies, silk, whale bone, and stays).

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This volume contains church meeting minutes, membership records, baptismal records, ecclesiastical council notes, and lists of financial donations.

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This volume is comprised of financial records pertaining to the parish treasury. Records include names of recipients and the purpose of the payment as well as date.

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This volume is comprised of marriage, death, and baptism records. There is also a record of a bequest to the church and congregation.

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This volume is comprised primarily of financial records of the church and its subscribers. Also included are committee reports and notes on church finances, including an assessment and mortgage for the parsonage.

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This volume contains quit-claim deeds for pews, financial record, minutes, other pew deeds, and bills of sale. Of particular note is a non-contemporaneous index inserted into the front of the volume.

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This volume contains parish meeting minutes and records of votes, committee reports, information on the replacement of the church bell, and records pertaining to the purchase and installation of a furnace.