Journal of the Floating Church of Our Saviour 1844 July 7 - 1845 November 9

Journal of the Floating Church of Our Saviour 1844 July 7 - 1845 November 9

One of six journals of Rev. Benajmin C. C. Parker, Reverend at the Floating Church of Our Saviour, which operated on the waterfront at Pike Street from 1844-1866. Includes entries detailing Rev. Parker’s visits to boarding houses (September 29, 1844); the breaking of the Church’s mooring chains in a storm (September 29, 1844); Rev. Parker’s attendance on the maiden voyage of the Clipper Ship Rainbow, for which he had secured a library of 200 volumes (February 1, 1845); the publication and distribution of the “Manual of Devotion;” damage done to the Church during a snowstorm (February 3, 1845); the time Rev. Parker spent in Boston in May of 1845 assisting in the location of a floating church for seafarers there (May 12, 1845); Rev. Parker’s trip to Albany in June of 1845 to see about building a new chapel at the North River (June 17, 1845); Rev. Parker’s trip to Dr. J.W. Francis at 1 Bond Street to be bled (September 1, 1845).

Parker, Rev. Benjamin C. C.

1844 July 7 - 1845 November 9

1 bound volume (120 pages)

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