Annual Report of Benevolent Society of the Parish of St. Andrews (1817).

• imprint_number: 1817.089
• title: First annual report of the managers of the Benevolent Society of the Parish of St. Andrews.
• sequence_number: 89
• year: 1817
• place_issued: Shepherdstown
• issuing_press: John N. Snider
• author: Benevolent Society of the Parish of St. Andrews.
• notes: Report indicates the society's involvement in the publication of three religious tracts in its first year of operation: Sermon concerning Excellency and Usefulness of the Common Prayer (1816.117), a tract on Morning and Evening Devotions (1817.090) and a new edition of The Swearer's Prayer (1817.091); it also indicates the entire publishing project was instigated by Rev. Benjamin Allen, rector of the parish, and printed by Snider, a member of this society.
  Text includes catalogues for three small church libraries (Trinity Church in Shepherdstown. Thomas Toole, librarian; Zion Church in Charlestown. William Hoff, librarian; and St. John's Church in Harper's Ferry. Edward Wager, librarian), a membership list as of July 7, 1817, and the society's constitution.
  
  
• Related Bios:
  • Rev. Benjamin Allen
  • John Nelson Snider

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