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PRELIMINARY  HISTORY.  13
and  Amos  Smith,  each  an  undivided  thirty-fifth.
In  1855  he  re-purchased  the  shares  of  Messrs.  Stone
and  Smith,  and  on  the  20th  October,  1864,  those  of
the  Messrs.  Trowbridge  ;  tlms  becoming  sole  proprie-
tor. As  soon  as  a  church  was  organized.  No-,  ember
8,  1852,  the  buildings  were  placed  at  its  disposal,  for
use  and  occupancy,  at  the  nominal  rent  of  a  barley-
corn a  year,  and  have  continued  in  its  possession,  or
in  that  of  the  church  and  society,  to  the  present  time,
at  the  same  nominal  rent, — the  principal  proprietor
keeping  the  property  insured  at  his  own  expense  for
about  $30,000,  and  doing  most  of  the  repairs.  As
lie  is  the  only  one  of  the  original  proprietors  who  is
now  connected  with  the  church  and  society,  and  as
he  is  identified  with  them  in  all  tlieir  symjjathies  and
interests,  they  Jiave  every  reason  to  be  satisfied  with
the  present  state  of  things,  until  they  shall  be  dis-
posed to  take  the  property  into  their  own  hands,  and
sustain  tj^e  establishment  after  the  usual  manner  of
such  organizations.  Whenever  that  time  shall  come,
it  is  fair  to  presume  that  they  will  find  him  ready  to
meet  their  wishes  on  satisfactory  terms.
It  may  not  be  generally  known  that  the  Soutli
Church  was  erected  with  a  view  to  the  occupancy  of
its  jiulpit  by  Rev.  E.  N.  Sawtell,  now  seamen's
chaplain  at  the  port  of  Havre,  France.  He  had  pre-
viously occupied  the  last  named  position  for  seven
years, — had  ofiiciated  for  about  an  equal  period  as
pastor  of  a  Presbyterian  Church  in  Louisville,  Ky.,
and  for  several  years  had  been  one  of  the  Secretaries

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Silent Grounds Collective, Church Burial & Death Records, CH-P004-0021. South Congregational Church history and catalogue, 1852–1865, printed page not verified, PDF page 21. Hallock, Gerard, 1800-1866; digitized copy contributed by University of California Libraries https://archive.org/details/historyofsouthco00hall/page/n23/mode/1up Accessed September 8, 2026.

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