Predominantly letters to Winsor; with other letters signed by him. Includes documents and records generated from church business and membership concerns. Also includes material about Winsor and his work as a Baptist minister.
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Letters and documents relating to Samuel Winsor and Rhode Island Baptists., Ms. 89.22, Brown University Library.
Predominantly letters to Winsor; with other letters signed by him. Includes documents and records generated from church business and membership concerns. Also includes material about Winsor and his work as a Baptist minister.
Arranged chronologically in two boxes.
Elders Josiah and Nathaniel Cook to Samuel Winsor.
Letter of introduction: church in Swansey to church in Providence; concerns Ephraim Wheaton; signed Job Mason, Russel Mason, Noah Wood, Thomas Wood, John Mason.
Church in Swansey to church in Providence; signed Job Mason, James Brown, John Mason.
Elders in general council at Providence: Job Mason, Josiah Cook, Nathaniel Cook, Samuel Winsor, Reuben Hopkins.
Elders Josiah and Nathaniel Cook to general meeting at Providence
To Rhode Island General Assembly requesting a partially completed meeting house to be given to their care; unsigned from Baptist Society?
Request for testimonial for Mary Olney
Sending delegates from Newport to general meeting at Providence; propose to have Greeen Rogers and Ephraim Macomber to represent Newport church; signed by James Barker, Junior (clerk).
Elders and Messengers setting up an annual meeting of Baptist churches in Rhode Island; signed Job Mason, Gardner Thurston, Samuel Winsor, Reuben Hopkins, Charles Holdon.
To general meeting regarding the preaching of a Mr. Edwards of Philadelphia the next day; addressed to Samuel Winsor; signed Daniel Jenckes.
Members of Baptist Church in Warwick requesting liberty to settle in church order in Cranston under Elder Burllinggame; signed Charles Holdon.
Regarding an affair between members of the church in Providence and Smithfield; signed Jeremiah Lewis.
Cranston church setting up with Elder B and our principles as Hebrews 6:1, 2; about twenty signers.
Notes of meeting moderated by SW of Association of Baptist Churches; signed by Charles Rhodes Clark, Daniel Martin, Nathan Paine.
Meeting of Association of Baptist Churches; summary of actions; written by James Barker.
Letter of recommendation, church in North Kingston to Providence; signed James Wightman Dixon.
Elisabeth Rhoades ( who had been rebuked) to SW, asking to be received again.
Letter of recommendation, Cranston to Providence; signed Elisha Greene
Letter from the church in Providence (SW) to adjust matter in New London; signed by SW?
Proceedings of association: agreeing that old church should retain name. " The Church of Providence", and the new one to include "Johnston", addressed to SW.
Propositions to the church at Providence by James Manning, regarding fellowship with those who did not hold the 4th principle and in regard to singing in church; for admission of Manning to communion. Undated.
Agreement to withdraw fellowship with those who hold not to laying hands on every member.
Withdrawing from fellowship with those who do not subscribe to the 4th principle: a bar to communion; probably by SW?; signed by Mercy Winsor, Mary Potter, Elisabeth Potter.
Statement of intention to follow old six principles, probably in conjunction with new church at Johnston; about sixty signers, including Mercy Winsor (widow) undated.
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Subscriptions to deacons with specific amounts for building church at Johnston; by committee of deacons (John Dyer, Job Olney, Ather Fenner)
Association held at Newport ordering a certificate showing the church in New Providence has same faith and order with us; witnessed by James Barker.
Jeremiah Barstow to Samuel and John Winsor
Reporting a general conference at Cranston to SW; witnessed by Stephen Knight.
General conference of six principle Baptists; addressed to Samuel Winsor; witnessed by Stephen Knight (clerk).
General conference of six principle Baptists; addressed to Samuel Winsor; witnessed by Stephen Knight (clerk) with addendum.
Record of church meeting with SW moderating; signed by Stephen Knight (clerk).
Record of yearly meeting; no matters of difficulty; signed and witnessed by Stephen Knight (clerk).
Record of Rehobeth meeting; signed and witnessed by Stephen Knight (clerk).
Request from church at Richmond to SW at Johnston to assist in the ordination of a deacon; addressed to Samuel Winsor; writted by Henry Joslin Clarke.
Mediation of demand of SW on estate of John Manton -- agreement to settle inheritance dispute between Winsor and Greene, to be mediated by Sessions; signed by Darius Sessions, Darius Sessions Junior, Samuel Winsor, Joshua Greene; with note on verso by Darius Sessions.
Request to SW to assist in ordaining an assistant in Rehobeth; addressed to SW; signed by Thomas Simmons
Excuse "weakness" from N. Pearce for absence from general meeting; signed by Thomas Simmons.
General meeting records (Warwick); signed and witnessed by Stephen Knight (clerk)
Record of general meeting at Warwick; for the church at Johnston; signed and witnessed by Stephen Knight (clerk).
Record of general meeting (Johnston); addressed to SW; witnessed and signed by Stephen Knight (clerk).
Record of general meeting; names of those in attendance include: Oliver Franklin, Timothy Green, Valentine Bowen, James Barker, Aaron Lemans, Nathan Wood.
Johnston church election of messengers to general meeting Friday the 7th; recorded by John Dyer Junior (clerk for the day).
Monetary settlement between Elder Winsor and Brother William Burder; recorded by Anthony Potter (clerk of the day).
Text preached in various places by SW. Undated.
Letter commending Mary Fisk from church at Rehobeth to church at Johnston; signed by Nathan Green, Nathan Wood, Thomas Seamans; undated.
Handwritten form for renting pews in Johnston church; origianl draft? Undated.
"Samuel Winsor Quit Because They Wanted to Pay Him," by Wilfred E. Stone (The Providence Sunday Journal).