Box NEHH-Small 1
Container
Contains 1 Result:
Council minutes, 1670, 1853
File — Box: NEHH-Small 1, Folder: 11
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection contains a manuscript reproduction of an ecclesiastical council declaration called in 1669 and 1670. The original was made in the hand of Rev. John Woodbridge and the copy was produced by Joshua Coffin in 1853. The council was called to advise the Newbury church on a proposal to change their church governance from a Council of Elders to a more democratic system. The response of the council was overwhelmingly negative; they claimed that such a process was against the...
Dates:
Record Keeping: 1670; 1853