Minutes of the First Baptist Church in Watertown, Mass., kept but church clerk. Minutes document the formation and business of the First Baptist Society and Church, from 1830 to 1857. Most entries are one month apart. All entries are dated. Minutes include signatures of charter members, lists of members and whether they were baptized, dropped, dismissed, absented; died; or had a name change due to marriage. There are also pew tax appraisements, declarations...

"'Remember the Alamo!'" is a phrase that is woven into the American consciousness, but what do most people really remember about the Alamo? Much of the true story has been shrouded in myth for over 150 years. This comprehensive encyclopedia provides thorough coverage for people, places, events and issues spanning the pre-Revolution period and settlement of Texas by Americans to the forming of the Republic in 1836. When appropriate, a mini-chronology...

A long-established, artificial, still-growing collection consisting largely of printed pamphlets, with articles, reprints, some ephemera, typescripts, photocopied manuscript material, and one set of slides (to accompany a typescript item) also included. Some of the items within were bound during the 19th century, some are loose. Covering a broad range of topics relating to American (and particularly New England) history, life, and thought, the Topical...