Two Items from the Published Report of the Board of Domestic Missions of the Reformed Church in America

Two items from the published report of the Board of Domestic Missions of the Reformed Church in America, pp. 13 and 67, which give information about mission station in Holland, Michigan, for which Philip Phelps and Giles Vande Wall serve as supply preachers. This small congregation later organized as the Second Reformed Church or Hope Reformed Church.https://digitalcommons.hope.edu/vrp_1860s/1076/thumbnail.jp

The Twenty-Eighth Annual Report of the Board of Domestic Missions of the Ref Protestant Dutch Church: Presented to the General Synod at Their Annual Meeting in Philadelphia, PA., June 6, 1860.

The Twenty-Eighth Annual Report of the Board of Domestic Missions of the Ref Protestant Dutch church: presented to the General Synod at their annual meeting in Philadelphia, Pa., June 6, 1860. Items of interest: p. 27: the First Reformed Church of Holland, A. C. Van Raalte, pastor, contributed $23.94 to the board. The church lists 151 families and 321 members. The Zeeland church has 183 families and 320 members. p. 38: The Reformed Dutch Church, Holland, Mich., Rev. A. C. Van Raalte, pastor, per Wm. Ferris, a contribution of$16.77, in November, 1859. p. 67: A report of the mission at Holland, Michigan, served by Rev. P. Phelps Jr., and Rev. G. Van de Wall. Through the liberality of Dr. Van Raalte, a site has been presented for a 2nd Reformed Dutch Church, to be organized for American services as soon as practicable. p. 76: the Rev. A. C. Van Raalte, D.D., is listed as a life member of the Board of Domestic Missions because he contributed Thirty Dollars or upwards between January 1, 1850, and May 1, 1860. Rev. Philip Phelps and Rev. Cornelius Vander Meulen are also on the list.https://digitalcommons.hope.edu/vrp_1860s/1077/thumbnail.jp

The Commission to Philip Phelps from the Board of Missions of the General Synod of the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church and a Letter from John Garretson to Philip Phelps

April 5, 1859; The Commission to Philip Phelps from the Board of Missions of the General Synod of the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church for the term of 12 months to serve as missionary at Holland. The Board would support him in the amount of $400. April 12, 1859; A letter to Phelps from John Garretson, Corresponding Secretary of the Board, about the call to serve the Academy.https://digitalcommons.hope.edu/vrp_1850s/1096/thumbnail.jp

The Roll Book for Superintendents of Sabbath Schools

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The Twenty-Eighth Annual Report of the Board of Domestic Missions of the Ref. Protestant Dutch Church: Presented to the General Synod at Their Annual Meeting in Philadelphia, PA., June 6, 1860.

The Twenty-Eighth Annual Report of the Board of Domestic Missions of the Ref. Protestant Dutch church: presented to the General Synod at their annual meeting in Philadelphia, Pa., June 6, 1860.Items of interest: p. 27: the First Reformed Church of Holland, A. C. Van Raalte, pastor, contributed $23.94 to the board. The church lists 151 families and 321 members. The Zeeland church has 183 families and 320 members. p. 38: The Reformed Dutch Church, Holland, Mich., Rev. A. C. Van Raalte, pastor, per Wm. Ferris, a contribution of$16.77, in November, 1859. p. 76: the Rev. A. C. Van Raalte, D.D., is listed as a life member of the Board of Domestic Missions because he contributed Thirty Dollars or upwards between January 1, 1850, and May 1, 1860

Baptismal record of the Reformed Dutch Church at Newtown, Long Island, New York, 1736 to 1846. Marriages by Rev. Garretson at Newtown from 1835 to 1846. Copied by Josephine C. Frost (Mrs. Samuel Knapp Frost).

2 p.l., 92 numb. l

Records of the Reformed Dutch church of Oyster Bay, L.I., 1741-1835; the Wolver Hollow Church.

2 p.l., 113 numb. l

Baptismal record of the Reformed Dutch Church at Oyster Bay, Long Island, New York, 1741-1846.

2 p.l., 129, 9 numb. l