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Rev. A.P. Merrill (Missionary)
Massachussetts Death records. Teacher. Born 1807 in Frankfort, Maine to Samuel and Nancy Merrill. Died August 24, 1854 in Wayland, Massachussetts - Typhoid Fever.
Married July 11, 1841 in Essex, Massachussetts to Caroline Gleason, daughter of Isaac Gleason and Dolly Puffer.
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Ambrose Prentiss Merrill. B.A.; M.A., 1838. Born July 14, 1807, Frankfort, Me.
Resident licentiate in Andover Seminary 1940-41. Taught school and preached in Mississippi. Died August 24, 1854, Wayland, Mass.
Married July 27, 1841, Caroline Gleason, of Wayland, Mass., who died January 2, 1894.
(Wesleyan University Alumni Record - Class of 1834)
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Wayland Marriages: Caroline Gleason and Rev. Ambrose P. Merrill of Frankfort, ME, int. July 11, 1841.
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In this city, Rev. A.P. Merrill, late of the Theological Seminary, Andover, to Miss Caroline Gleason, of Wayland.
(Boston Weekly Magazine - Saturday, July 31, 1841)
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Respecting other changes among the clergy, there have been transferred from the diocese,... the Rev. Ambrose P. Merrill, to Mississippi..."
(Christian Witness and Church Advocate - Boston, MA - Friday, October 7, 1842
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So far as regards the regular attendants, the services appear to be characterized by greater seriousness and attention to the subject of religion, and we cannot but hope that ere long some good may be done, especially among the young people of the parish. These to all human appearances, will have to look to the Church for religious instruction, as the different denominations around, to which some are attached who live within the limits of the parish, pay but little attention to this subject. The consequence will be, that those who feel a desire for improvement in religious knowledge, will be almost certain to resort to the Church where that instruction may be had. Your missionary has endeavored, to the best of his ability, to preach Christ and him crucified to his hearers, and he has reason to believe that his labor and toil, for the past six months, have not been wholly in vain. The see which is sown in good and honest hearts, shall, according to the promise, spring up and bear abundant fruit. Our people seem generally disposed to obtain the full amount of subscription before they commence building the church, lest having begun to build, they should not be able to finish. Quarterly contribution for the Committee of Domestic Missions, five dollars and thirty cents.
(The Spirit of Missions - August 1842)
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The Rev. A.P. Merrill has been appointed missionary to the slave population in the neighborhood of Port Gibson, and I learn from himself is laboring with encouraging indications and fruits of usefulness. Mr. Merrill has intimated a readiness to divide his labors between Grand Gulf, Port Gibson, and his present charge. However praiseworthy the promptings of his zeal to widen the sphere of his ministerial labors, I have not deemed it advisable to authorize any change in his services, or to direct him to go to any other than those to whom he has been sent. The missionary appropriation in his case, was for the special benefit of the negroes[sic], and it seems, therefore, that as long as he draws upon that fund, his services on Sunday, at least, should be devoted to the slaves. It must be matter of rejoicing to us all that his services have proved so acceptable, and, as I judge, so profitable to this interesting portion of our population.
(From the remarks of Bishop Otey in the "Journal of the Proceedings of a Special Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church of the Diocese of Mississippi - Vicksburg, Mississippi, Thursday, May 7, 1846)
Port Gibson Mission, Claiborne County.
Rev. A.P. Merrill, Missionary, Port Gibson, respectfully reports, that he organized a congregation of colored people, on the plantation of Dr. McGruder, near this place, in January, 1844, since which time, he has regularly performed missionary duty among them, preaching the Gospel, visiting the sick, and burying the dead, with the exception of a temporary absence at the North. The present conditions of the Parish is as follows, viz: Congregation 50 to 140 Communicants 7 Baptisms performed - Infants 51, Adults 4, 55 Funerals 13
There has been no Episcopal visitation since the Parish was organized, and consequently, no confirmations, though several are waiting to be confirmed.
The Missionary has had urgent and repeated solicitations, to officiate in the adjacent Parishes of Port Gibson and Grand Gulf, which have been destitute of ministerial services the past year. These requests, he regrets to say, that, consistently with other duties, he has been able to comply with only to a limited extent.
As the Missionary has hitherto realized no part of his support (with the exception of a present from one individual) from his ministerial labors, he has been compelled to adopt the self-supporting system; and has devoted himself to his school, the income of which has enabled him to meet current expenses. Should this, which has thus far been his only dependence, fail, he would be obliged to abandon the field. The prospects of his Seminary for Young Ladies, are encouraging, and are such as to inspire the friends of education and the church, with confidence in its success. If he can be sustained in this enterprise by our own church, in addition to the support he at present receives from other quarters, he believes it practicable to build up an institution of learning in Port Gibson, which shall be an ornament to the church and the State of Mississippi.
(May 5th, 1845 A.P. Merrill)
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He and his wife worked at Rev. C.A. Foster's Female Institute in Holly Springs, then started their own Female Institute in Port Gibson. One of his assistants was Miss A.M. Merrill (probably his sister Adaline Maria Merrill, who later married Capt. Robinson Grant).
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Clerical Changes. - The Rev. A.P. Merrill, from Port Gibson, Miss., to Wayland, Mass.
(New York Daily Herald - Sunday, July 11, 1847)
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Diocese of Mississippi
Rev. A.P. Merrill, left the Diocese without dimissery letters, which are withheld from him for causes affecting his moral character.
(Journal of 23rd General Convention - Protestant Episcopal Church - 1850)
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Rev. A.P. Merrill (Missionary)
Massachussetts Death records. Teacher. Born 1807 in Frankfort, Maine to Samuel and Nancy Merrill. Died August 24, 1854 in Wayland, Massachussetts - Typhoid Fever.
Married July 11, 1841 in Essex, Massachussetts to Caroline Gleason, daughter of Isaac Gleason and Dolly Puffer.
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Ambrose Prentiss Merrill. B.A.; M.A., 1838. Born July 14, 1807, Frankfort, Me.
Resident licentiate in Andover Seminary 1940-41. Taught school and preached in Mississippi. Died August 24, 1854, Wayland, Mass.
Married July 27, 1841, Caroline Gleason, of Wayland, Mass., who died January 2, 1894.
(Wesleyan University Alumni Record - Class of 1834)
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Wayland Marriages: Caroline Gleason and Rev. Ambrose P. Merrill of Frankfort, ME, int. July 11, 1841.
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In this city, Rev. A.P. Merrill, late of the Theological Seminary, Andover, to Miss Caroline Gleason, of Wayland.
(Boston Weekly Magazine - Saturday, July 31, 1841)
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Respecting other changes among the clergy, there have been transferred from the diocese,... the Rev. Ambrose P. Merrill, to Mississippi..."
(Christian Witness and Church Advocate - Boston, MA - Friday, October 7, 1842
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So far as regards the regular attendants, the services appear to be characterized by greater seriousness and attention to the subject of religion, and we cannot but hope that ere long some good may be done, especially among the young people of the parish. These to all human appearances, will have to look to the Church for religious instruction, as the different denominations around, to which some are attached who live within the limits of the parish, pay but little attention to this subject. The consequence will be, that those who feel a desire for improvement in religious knowledge, will be almost certain to resort to the Church where that instruction may be had. Your missionary has endeavored, to the best of his ability, to preach Christ and him crucified to his hearers, and he has reason to believe that his labor and toil, for the past six months, have not been wholly in vain. The see which is sown in good and honest hearts, shall, according to the promise, spring up and bear abundant fruit. Our people seem generally disposed to obtain the full amount of subscription before they commence building the church, lest having begun to build, they should not be able to finish. Quarterly contribution for the Committee of Domestic Missions, five dollars and thirty cents.
(The Spirit of Missions - August 1842)
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The Rev. A.P. Merrill has been appointed missionary to the slave population in the neighborhood of Port Gibson, and I learn from himself is laboring with encouraging indications and fruits of usefulness. Mr. Merrill has intimated a readiness to divide his labors between Grand Gulf, Port Gibson, and his present charge. However praiseworthy the promptings of his zeal to widen the sphere of his ministerial labors, I have not deemed it advisable to authorize any change in his services, or to direct him to go to any other than those to whom he has been sent. The missionary appropriation in his case, was for the special benefit of the negroes[sic], and it seems, therefore, that as long as he draws upon that fund, his services on Sunday, at least, should be devoted to the slaves. It must be matter of rejoicing to us all that his services have proved so acceptable, and, as I judge, so profitable to this interesting portion of our population.
(From the remarks of Bishop Otey in the "Journal of the Proceedings of a Special Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church of the Diocese of Mississippi - Vicksburg, Mississippi, Thursday, May 7, 1846)
Port Gibson Mission, Claiborne County.
Rev. A.P. Merrill, Missionary, Port Gibson, respectfully reports, that he organized a congregation of colored people, on the plantation of Dr. McGruder, near this place, in January, 1844, since which time, he has regularly performed missionary duty among them, preaching the Gospel, visiting the sick, and burying the dead, with the exception of a temporary absence at the North. The present conditions of the Parish is as follows, viz: Congregation 50 to 140 Communicants 7 Baptisms performed - Infants 51, Adults 4, 55 Funerals 13
There has been no Episcopal visitation since the Parish was organized, and consequently, no confirmations, though several are waiting to be confirmed.
The Missionary has had urgent and repeated solicitations, to officiate in the adjacent Parishes of Port Gibson and Grand Gulf, which have been destitute of ministerial services the past year. These requests, he regrets to say, that, consistently with other duties, he has been able to comply with only to a limited extent.
As the Missionary has hitherto realized no part of his support (with the exception of a present from one individual) from his ministerial labors, he has been compelled to adopt the self-supporting system; and has devoted himself to his school, the income of which has enabled him to meet current expenses. Should this, which has thus far been his only dependence, fail, he would be obliged to abandon the field. The prospects of his Seminary for Young Ladies, are encouraging, and are such as to inspire the friends of education and the church, with confidence in its success. If he can be sustained in this enterprise by our own church, in addition to the support he at present receives from other quarters, he believes it practicable to build up an institution of learning in Port Gibson, which shall be an ornament to the church and the State of Mississippi.
(May 5th, 1845 A.P. Merrill)
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He and his wife worked at Rev. C.A. Foster's Female Institute in Holly Springs, then started their own Female Institute in Port Gibson. One of his assistants was Miss A.M. Merrill (probably his sister Adaline Maria Merrill, who later married Capt. Robinson Grant).
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Clerical Changes. - The Rev. A.P. Merrill, from Port Gibson, Miss., to Wayland, Mass.
(New York Daily Herald - Sunday, July 11, 1847)
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Diocese of Mississippi
Rev. A.P. Merrill, left the Diocese without dimissery letters, which are withheld from him for causes affecting his moral character.
(Journal of 23rd General Convention - Protestant Episcopal Church - 1850)
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Rev. A.P. Merrill (Missionary)
Massachussetts Death records. Teacher. Born 1807 in Frankfort, Maine to Samuel and Nancy Merrill. Died August 24, 1854 in Wayland, Massachussetts - Typhoid Fever.
Married July 11, 1841 in Essex, Massachussetts to Caroline Gleason, daughter of Isaac Gleason and Dolly Puffer.
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Ambrose Prentiss Merrill. B.A.; M.A., 1838. Born July 14, 1807, Frankfort, Me.
Resident licentiate in Andover Seminary 1940-41. Taught school and preached in Mississippi. Died August 24, 1854, Wayland, Mass.
Married July 27, 1841, Caroline Gleason, of Wayland, Mass., who died January 2, 1894.
(Wesleyan University Alumni Record - Class of 1834)
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Wayland Marriages: Caroline Gleason and Rev. Ambrose P. Merrill of Frankfort, ME, int. July 11, 1841.
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In this city, Rev. A.P. Merrill, late of the Theological Seminary, Andover, to Miss Caroline Gleason, of Wayland.
(Boston Weekly Magazine - Saturday, July 31, 1841)
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Respecting other changes among the clergy, there have been transferred from the diocese,... the Rev. Ambrose P. Merrill, to Mississippi..."
(Christian Witness and Church Advocate - Boston, MA - Friday, October 7, 1842
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So far as regards the regular attendants, the services appear to be characterized by greater seriousness and attention to the subject of religion, and we cannot but hope that ere long some good may be done, especially among the young people of the parish. These to all human appearances, will have to look to the Church for religious instruction, as the different denominations around, to which some are attached who live within the limits of the parish, pay but little attention to this subject. The consequence will be, that those who feel a desire for improvement in religious knowledge, will be almost certain to resort to the Church where that instruction may be had. Your missionary has endeavored, to the best of his ability, to preach Christ and him crucified to his hearers, and he has reason to believe that his labor and toil, for the past six months, have not been wholly in vain. The see which is sown in good and honest hearts, shall, according to the promise, spring up and bear abundant fruit. Our people seem generally disposed to obtain the full amount of subscription before they commence building the church, lest having begun to build, they should not be able to finish. Quarterly contribution for the Committee of Domestic Missions, five dollars and thirty cents.
(The Spirit of Missions - August 1842)
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The Rev. A.P. Merrill has been appointed missionary to the slave population in the neighborhood of Port Gibson, and I learn from himself is laboring with encouraging indications and fruits of usefulness. Mr. Merrill has intimated a readiness to divide his labors between Grand Gulf, Port Gibson, and his present charge. However praiseworthy the promptings of his zeal to widen the sphere of his ministerial labors, I have not deemed it advisable to authorize any change in his services, or to direct him to go to any other than those to whom he has been sent. The missionary appropriation in his case, was for the special benefit of the negroes[sic], and it seems, therefore, that as long as he draws upon that fund, his services on Sunday, at least, should be devoted to the slaves. It must be matter of rejoicing to us all that his services have proved so acceptable, and, as I judge, so profitable to this interesting portion of our population.
(From the remarks of Bishop Otey in the "Journal of the Proceedings of a Special Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church of the Diocese of Mississippi - Vicksburg, Mississippi, Thursday, May 7, 1846)
Port Gibson Mission, Claiborne County.
Rev. A.P. Merrill, Missionary, Port Gibson, respectfully reports, that he organized a congregation of colored people, on the plantation of Dr. McGruder, near this place, in January, 1844, since which time, he has regularly performed missionary duty among them, preaching the Gospel, visiting the sick, and burying the dead, with the exception of a temporary absence at the North. The present conditions of the Parish is as follows, viz: Congregation 50 to 140 Communicants 7 Baptisms performed - Infants 51, Adults 4, 55 Funerals 13
There has been no Episcopal visitation since the Parish was organized, and consequently, no confirmations, though several are waiting to be confirmed.
The Missionary has had urgent and repeated solicitations, to officiate in the adjacent Parishes of Port Gibson and Grand Gulf, which have been destitute of ministerial services the past year. These requests, he regrets to say, that, consistently with other duties, he has been able to comply with only to a limited extent.
As the Missionary has hitherto realized no part of his support (with the exception of a present from one individual) from his ministerial labors, he has been compelled to adopt the self-supporting system; and has devoted himself to his school, the income of which has enabled him to meet current expenses. Should this, which has thus far been his only dependence, fail, he would be obliged to abandon the field. The prospects of his Seminary for Young Ladies, are encouraging, and are such as to inspire the friends of education and the church, with confidence in its success. If he can be sustained in this enterprise by our own church, in addition to the support he at present receives from other quarters, he believes it practicable to build up an institution of learning in Port Gibson, which shall be an ornament to the church and the State of Mississippi.
(May 5th, 1845 A.P. Merrill)
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He and his wife worked at Rev. C.A. Foster's Female Institute in Holly Springs, then started their own Female Institute in Port Gibson. One of his assistants was Miss A.M. Merrill (probably his sister Adaline Maria Merrill, who later married Capt. Robinson Grant).
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Clerical Changes. - The Rev. A.P. Merrill, from Port Gibson, Miss., to Wayland, Mass.
(New York Daily Herald - Sunday, July 11, 1847)
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Diocese of Mississippi
Rev. A.P. Merrill, left the Diocese without dimissery letters, which are withheld from him for causes affecting his moral character.
(Journal of 23rd General Convention - Protestant Episcopal Church - 1850)
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Rev. A.P. Merrill (Missionary)
Massachussetts Death records. Teacher. Born 1807 in Frankfort, Maine to Samuel and Nancy Merrill. Died August 24, 1854 in Wayland, Massachussetts - Typhoid Fever.
Married July 11, 1841 in Essex, Massachussetts to Caroline Gleason, daughter of Isaac Gleason and Dolly Puffer.
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Ambrose Prentiss Merrill. B.A.; M.A., 1838. Born July 14, 1807, Frankfort, Me.
Resident licentiate in Andover Seminary 1940-41. Taught school and preached in Mississippi. Died August 24, 1854, Wayland, Mass.
Married July 27, 1841, Caroline Gleason, of Wayland, Mass., who died January 2, 1894.
(Wesleyan University Alumni Record - Class of 1834)
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Wayland Marriages: Caroline Gleason and Rev. Ambrose P. Merrill of Frankfort, ME, int. July 11, 1841.
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In this city, Rev. A.P. Merrill, late of the Theological Seminary, Andover, to Miss Caroline Gleason, of Wayland.
(Boston Weekly Magazine - Saturday, July 31, 1841)
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Respecting other changes among the clergy, there have been transferred from the diocese,... the Rev. Ambrose P. Merrill, to Mississippi..."
(Christian Witness and Church Advocate - Boston, MA - Friday, October 7, 1842
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So far as regards the regular attendants, the services appear to be characterized by greater seriousness and attention to the subject of religion, and we cannot but hope that ere long some good may be done, especially among the young people of the parish. These to all human appearances, will have to look to the Church for religious instruction, as the different denominations around, to which some are attached who live within the limits of the parish, pay but little attention to this subject. The consequence will be, that those who feel a desire for improvement in religious knowledge, will be almost certain to resort to the Church where that instruction may be had. Your missionary has endeavored, to the best of his ability, to preach Christ and him crucified to his hearers, and he has reason to believe that his labor and toil, for the past six months, have not been wholly in vain. The see which is sown in good and honest hearts, shall, according to the promise, spring up and bear abundant fruit. Our people seem generally disposed to obtain the full amount of subscription before they commence building the church, lest having begun to build, they should not be able to finish. Quarterly contribution for the Committee of Domestic Missions, five dollars and thirty cents.
(The Spirit of Missions - August 1842)
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The Rev. A.P. Merrill has been appointed missionary to the slave population in the neighborhood of Port Gibson, and I learn from himself is laboring with encouraging indications and fruits of usefulness. Mr. Merrill has intimated a readiness to divide his labors between Grand Gulf, Port Gibson, and his present charge. However praiseworthy the promptings of his zeal to widen the sphere of his ministerial labors, I have not deemed it advisable to authorize any change in his services, or to direct him to go to any other than those to whom he has been sent. The missionary appropriation in his case, was for the special benefit of the negroes[sic], and it seems, therefore, that as long as he draws upon that fund, his services on Sunday, at least, should be devoted to the slaves. It must be matter of rejoicing to us all that his services have proved so acceptable, and, as I judge, so profitable to this interesting portion of our population.
(From the remarks of Bishop Otey in the "Journal of the Proceedings of a Special Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church of the Diocese of Mississippi - Vicksburg, Mississippi, Thursday, May 7, 1846)
Port Gibson Mission, Claiborne County.
Rev. A.P. Merrill, Missionary, Port Gibson, respectfully reports, that he organized a congregation of colored people, on the plantation of Dr. McGruder, near this place, in January, 1844, since which time, he has regularly performed missionary duty among them, preaching the Gospel, visiting the sick, and burying the dead, with the exception of a temporary absence at the North. The present conditions of the Parish is as follows, viz: Congregation 50 to 140 Communicants 7 Baptisms performed - Infants 51, Adults 4, 55 Funerals 13
There has been no Episcopal visitation since the Parish was organized, and consequently, no confirmations, though several are waiting to be confirmed.
The Missionary has had urgent and repeated solicitations, to officiate in the adjacent Parishes of Port Gibson and Grand Gulf, which have been destitute of ministerial services the past year. These requests, he regrets to say, that, consistently with other duties, he has been able to comply with only to a limited extent.
As the Missionary has hitherto realized no part of his support (with the exception of a present from one individual) from his ministerial labors, he has been compelled to adopt the self-supporting system; and has devoted himself to his school, the income of which has enabled him to meet current expenses. Should this, which has thus far been his only dependence, fail, he would be obliged to abandon the field. The prospects of his Seminary for Young Ladies, are encouraging, and are such as to inspire the friends of education and the church, with confidence in its success. If he can be sustained in this enterprise by our own church, in addition to the support he at present receives from other quarters, he believes it practicable to build up an institution of learning in Port Gibson, which shall be an ornament to the church and the State of Mississippi.
(May 5th, 1845 A.P. Merrill)
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He and his wife worked at Rev. C.A. Foster's Female Institute in Holly Springs, then started their own Female Institute in Port Gibson. One of his assistants was Miss A.M. Merrill (probably his sister Adaline Maria Merrill, who later married Capt. Robinson Grant).
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Clerical Changes. - The Rev. A.P. Merrill, from Port Gibson, Miss., to Wayland, Mass.
(New York Daily Herald - Sunday, July 11, 1847)
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Diocese of Mississippi
Rev. A.P. Merrill, left the Diocese without dimissery letters, which are withheld from him for causes affecting his moral character.
(Journal of 23rd General Convention - Protestant Episcopal Church - 1850)
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