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Hardcover. Book Condition: Good+. Jacket Condition: No Jacket. St. John's Episcopal Church, Lancaster, PA 1908. Signed by RectorGeorge Israel Browneon blank page, with place. Moderate general wear. 113 bound editions of 'St. John's Messenger', a monthly newsletter of St. John's Episcopal Church, Lancaster PA. Volume includes all copies issued while Rev. George Israel Browne was rector (1908-1920: nos. 56-172). Upon his resignation, Browne commissioned bookbinder Wm. Z. Roy , Lancaster PA to bind the newsletters in hardcover for Browne's personal library. Bookbinder's invoice is inserted. Typical newsletter is 4 pages and lists church officers and participants in church organizations, order of services, church news and business, baptisms, burials, weddings, ordinations, etc., lists of parishioner addresses, letters, local and regional Episcopal issues, laws. Some issues have front page photos of church buildings, former rectors, bishops, and Episcopals saints. Rev. Browne resigned as rector of St. Paul's, Harrisburg PA, in 1908. He later was rector of St. John's, Washington, CT (1920-1923). Size: 8vo 7.75 - 9.75'' tall. Signed Religion::Christian Genealogy History::Localities George Israel Browne 7249.
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