Legal documents.
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Here are entered works on documents having legal relevance in general. Works on documents written in order to give expression to a legal act or agreement for the purpose of creating, securing, modifying, or terminating a right, or for the purpose of furnishing evidence of a right, are entered under the heading [Legal instruments.]
Found in 9 Collections and/or Records:
Boston, Mass. Bowdoin Street Church records, 1824-1867.
Collection
Identifier: RG0806
Abstract
Hanover Street Church was dedicated and opened its doors on March 1st, 1826. After the original meetinghouse burned down in 1830, it was moved to Beacon Hill and reopened as the Bowdoin Street Church on May 15th, 1831. Due to declining membership, the meetinghouse was put up for auction on December 13th, 1861. By June 17th, 1863, it had sold to the Church of the Advent and the Bowdoin Street Church was dissolved. This collection contains records, documents, and correspondence pertaining to...
Dates:
1824-1867
Boston, Mass. Union Congregational Church records, 1822-1984.
Collection
Identifier: RG0031
Abstract
The history of the Union Congregational Church begins with the formation of the Essex Street Church in 1819. In 1822, owing to a disagreement with the church’s pastor, a minority of the church withdrew from the Essex Street Church and reformed the Union Congregational Church. The church was substantially rebuilt in 1840 and a new church building was constructed at the corner of Columbus Avenue and West Newton Street in 1870. In 1907, the Berkley Temple Congregational Church merged into the...
Dates:
1822-1984
Boston Seaman's Friend Society records, 1815-2021.
Collection
Identifier: RG0776
Abstract
The Boston Seaman's Friend Society was formed December 13, 1827 out of Lyman Beecher's church on Hanover St in Boston, MA and was incorporated in 1829. The society was an independent branch of the American Seaman's Friend Society until 1888 when they turned to the New England Congregational churches and conferences for support. The BSFS started the Mariner's Church in 1830 and a boarding house that became the Sailors' Home in 1836. The Mariner's Church joined with the Salem St church to form...
Dates:
1815-2021
Hillsborough, N.H. Hillsborough Center Congregational Society records, 1840-2022.
Collection
Identifier: RG5439
Abstract
The Congregational Society in Hillsborough, New Hampshire, was first organized and began convening in its first meeting house in 1769. Over the next two decades, the society constructed two more meeting houses. Its third meeting house served the community until 1839, when a group of church members withdrew to form their own congregation and build their own meeting house, a fourth, in Bridge Village. After the split in the community and the construction of the fourth Bridge Village meeting...
Dates:
1840-2022
Jersey City, N.J. First Congregational Church records, 1859-1972.
Collection
Identifier: RG0723
Abstract
The First Congregational Church in Jersey City, New Jersey, was first gathered in 1841 though it was not until 1858 that the church was formally organized. The first church building, called the Tabernacle Church, was constructed in 1863. A new church building was purchased in 1896 and a new church was constructed in 1904. Due to declining membership, the church was dissolved in 1970. This collection contains records related to the administration, history, and membership of the First...
Dates:
1859-1972
Metropolitan Association New York Conference United Church of Christ records, 1850-2025
Collection
Identifier: RG5590
Abstract
The Metropolitan Association of the New York Conference of the United Church of Christ formed from the renaming of the New York City Congregational Church Association in 1963. The latter formed from the merger of the Congregational Church Extension Society of New York City and Brooklyn, which began 1892 to support and establish NYC churches, and the New York City Congregational Church Association, which succeeded the Manhattan-Brooklyn Conference in 1910. The Metropolitan Association and its...
Dates:
1850-2025
Olean, N.Y. First Congregational Church petition, 1906.
Collection
Identifier: RG5614
Abstract
The First Congregational Church of Olean, New York, was gathered in 1889. Owing to financial difficulties the church was dissolved in 1906. This collection contains a single petition to the New York State Supreme Court requesting permission to sell the church building.
Dates:
1906
Summer Hill, N.Y. Summer Hill Congregational Church records, 1831-1977.
Collection
Identifier: RG0733
Abstract
The Summer Hill Congregational Church of Summer Hill, N.Y., was founded in 1827. The church dissolved in 1974. This collection contains administrative records of the church some and records of the Cortland-Summer Hill Parish, of which the church was a member, and that parish's two predecessors, the Tri-County Parish and the Cortland Larger Parish.
Dates:
1831-1977
Sylvanus Smalley land lease, 1810.
Collection
Identifier: MS5383
Abstract
Sylvanus Smalley was a politically active landowner and early settler in the town of Lenox in Madison County, New York, during the early part of the 19th century. He was also an active member of the Lenox Congregational Church. This collection includes the original 1810 lease agreement and a 20th century transcription of the agreement.
Dates:
1810