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Reverend Lewis Richards register

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0690

Abstract

Recorded in this register are the 671 marriages performed by the Reverend Lewis Richards at the First Baptist Church of Baltimore from 1784 to 1820. Also recorded are the 238 marriages performed by the Reverend Stephen P. Hill at First Baptist from 1835 to 1850.

Dates

  • 1784-1869

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is restricted to the transcripton found in the pamphlets collection (PAM 12978).

Conditions Governing Use

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Extent

0.5 Linear Feet (1 volume)

Language of Materials

English

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of James H. Halpin in 1960.

Scope and Contents

Reverend Lewis Richards was elected pastor of the First Baptist Church of Baltimore in 1784 and remained in that capacity until his retirement in 1818. He recorded in a small brown ledger all the marriages at which he officiated during those years. The record book evidently remained in the possession of the church after his death, and in 1835 Reverend Stephen P. Hill, upon becoming pastor of the church, started to record the marriages which he performed in the same ledger. In 1850 Reverend Hill removed to Washington, D. C., taking the record book with him and continuing to enter records until 1869.

Title
Guide to the Reverend Lewis Richards register
Status
Under Revision
Author
Mary K. Meyer and Margaret Neal
Date
1985
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script

Revision Statements

  • 2019-11-22: Manually entered into ArchivesSpace by Sandra Glascock

Repository Details

Part of the H. Furlong Baldwin Library Repository

Contact:
H. Furlong Baldwin Library
Maryland Center for History and Culture
610 Park Avenue
Baltimore MD 21201 United States
4106853750