Title
Journal of the Floating Church of Our Saviour 1844 July 7 - 1845 November 9 (2 of 2)
Format (Extent)
1 bound volume (120 pages)
Type (Physical characteristics and technical requirements)
.pdf
Description (Scope and Content)
Includes entries detailing Rev. Parker’s visits to boarding houses (September 29, 1844); the breaking of the Church’s mooring chains in a storm (September 29, 1844); Rev. Parker’s attendance on the maiden voyage of the Clipper Ship Rainbow, for which he had secured a library of 200 volumes (February 1, 1845); the publication and distribution of the “Manual of Devotion;” damage done to the Church during a snowstorm (February 3, 1845); the time Rev. Parker spent in Boston in May of 1845 assisting in the location of a floating church for seafarers there (May 12, 1845); Rev. Parker’s trip to Albany in June of 1845 to see about building a new chapel at the North River (June 17, 1845); Rev. Parker’s trip to Dr. J.W. Francis at 1 Bond Street to be bled (September 1, 1845).
Rights (Terms governing use)
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Creator
Parker, Rev, Benjamin C. C.
Date
1844 July 7 - 1845 November 9
Item Relations
Citation
Parker, Rev, Benjamin C. C., “Journal of the Floating Church of Our Saviour 1844 July 7 - 1845 November 9 (2 of 2),” SCI Digital Archives, accessed December 25, 2024, http://seamenschurch-archives.org/sci/items/show/1088.
