Friday, January 18, 2013

Early american churches

Another good place for American History and research: the American Library of Congress. http://www.loc.gov/index.html


First Baptist Church in America in RI

St. James Church, built in South Carolina's oldest Anglican parish outside of Charleston, is thought to have been constructed between 1711 and 1719 --
http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/religion/rel02.html

Nieuw Amsterdam on the island of Manhattan
Etching, c. 1690. Facsimile
Geography & Map Division, Library of Congress (47)
A View of Fort George with the City of New York
Engraving by I. Carwithan, c. 1730
Geography & Map Division, Library of Congress (48)
church built 1774
A South East view of Christ's Church 

Engraving in Columbian Magazine, November 1787- December 1787 Philadelphia: 1787
Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (52)
church built 1775
Exterior of South Quay Baptist Church, Copyprint
Virginia Baptist Historical Society (53-54)
church built 1774-1775
Interior of Mt. Shiloh Baptist Church , Copyprint
Virginia Baptist Historical Society (53-54)
church built 1774-1775
A S.W. view of the Baptist Meeting House, Providence, R.I.

Engraving by S. Hill for Massachusetts Magazine
or Monthly Museum of Knowledge and Rational Entertainment
, August 1789
Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (55)

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