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Female Tract Society of St. John's Episcopal Church of Worthington Record Book

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Title	Female Tract Society of St. John's Episcopal Church of Worthington Record Book
Subject	Religion in Ohio Ohio Women Episcopal Church Church records
Place	Worthington (Ohio) Franklin County (Ohio)
Description	Twenty-six pages from the record book of the Female Tract Society of St. John's Episcopal Church of Worthington are shown here. The book contains minutes of the meeting held at the home of Philander Chase on November 2, 1817 at which the society was founded. Minutes from subsequent meetings over the next two decades highlight the religious and social lives of the women of Worthington. The original book is 102 pages long and measures 8.4 by 12.65 inches (21.33 by 32.13 cm) St. John's Church was the first church established in central Ohio and the first Episcopal church west of the Allegheny mountains. It was founded by pioneer settler James Kilbourn, an Episcopal deacon who in 1802 purchased 16,000 acres that would become Worthington. Kilbourn led church services from 1804 until 1817, when Philander Chase became the first rector of St. John's.
Date of Original	1817 - 1838
Collection	http://www.worthingtonmemory.org
Source	Unpublished material (archives/manuscripts)
Submitting Institution	St. John's Episcopal Church of Worthington
Rights	For rights and reproduction requests, go to the Ohio Historical Society's Audiovisual and Graphic Reproduction Services page at http://www.ohiohistory.org/resource/audiovis/photodup.html
Type	Text
Format	manuscripts

Title	Om482_1064928_040
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Full Text	Records Of the Female Tract Society of Worthington and its Vicinity _______________ _______________ A meeting of the Ladies of the Village of Worthington and its vicinity convened at the house of the Riva Philander Chase, after, due notices from the dist., for the purpose of taking into consideration the Expediency of forming a Female Tract Soc =iety November 2nd AD 1817 Present at the meeting Emily Griswold Abagail Goodrich Mary Louisa Topping Cynthia Kilbourn Rhoda Goodrich Susan Wood Almira Fay Mary Chase Clarissa Thompson Margaret Jane Comstock Hannah Thompson Nancy Green Mila Thompson Ruth Griswold Cynthia Barker Lauretta Buttles Fanny Anderson Resolved that Mrs Cynthia Kilbourn be appointed President of this meeting __ Resolved 2nd that Mrs Cynthia Barker be appointed Secretary of this meeting Resolved 3rd that this meeting be and stand adjourned till Wensday the 5th instant at half past five P.M. to convene at the same place ___ Wensday the 5th day of Nov - 1817

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