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Start Over Repository Library of Virginia Creator Wall, Henry, 1818-1889

Henry Wall Journal, 1862-1887 1 volume and 2 photographs

Wall, Henry, 1818-1889

Journal, 1862-1887, kept by Reverend Henry Wall (1818-1889), includes a record of "Ministrations performed in Alexandria, Virginia" (Sunday services at Grace Church, Christ Church Rectory, and Odd Fellows' Hall), 1862-1863; "Skeletons of Sermons" given by Wall in Alexandria; baptisms, marriages, and funerals performed, and communicants added, 1862-1863; account of salary as rector of Christ Church, West River, Maryland, 1867-1868; account of salary as rector of St. John's Church, Richmond, Virginia, and disposition of communions alms, 1868-1875; account of salary and collections while heading up the Goderich Township Mission, Diocese of Huron, Ontario, Canada, 1875-1876; distribution of communion alms and account of salary as rector of Bruton Parish, Williamsburg, Virginia, 1877-1880; amount of collections for missionaries and communion alms, and account of salary as rector of St. Thomas's Church, Hancock, Maryland, 1880-1882; and an account of collections, of disbursement of the offertory, and Henry's salary while rector of St. Paul's Parish, Kent County, Maryland, 1882-1887. The volume also includes family Bible records (copies filed separately as Library of Virginia Accession 50927), and typed notes pasted in by Margaret Ann McChesney Riggs (1932-1985), Wall's great-granddaughter, giving some background on the volume and Wall's career. Also included are two undated photographic portraits, identified by the donor as being of Rev. Wall and his wife (presumably his third wife, Julia Hansford Wall).

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