Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- Pioneer Congregational Church (Sacramento, Calif.)
- Language:
- English.
Background
- Scope and content:
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Diary of Seth Babson; church records; photocopy of address by Loyal Lincoln Wirt, "Reminiscences of Rev. Joseph Augustine Benton, D.D."
- Biographical / historical:
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Pioneer Church is the oldest organized church in Sacramento. On September 16, 1849, in the schoolhouse on the northwest corner of I and 3rd Streets, a small group of men voted to form the First Church of Christ Congregational, in Sacramento City. Rev. Joseph A. Benton, the first pastor, was one of the leading California pioneers.
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- Church records and registers--California--Sacramento.
Frontier and pioneer Life--California--Sacramento.
Pioneers--California. - Names:
- Pioneer Congregational United Church (Sacramento, Calif.)--History.
Babson, Seth--Diaries.
Benton, Joseph A. (Joseph Augustine), 1818-1892. - Places:
- Sacramento (Calif.)--Social life and customs.
Access and use
- Location of this collection:
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900 N Street, Room 200, P.O. Box 942837Sacramento, CA 94237-0001, US
- Contact:
- (916) 654-0176