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First English Service Visited California Coast 1579
Historic note recounts Drake voyage marks in Golden Gate Park with a service from the English Prayer Book conducted by the Pelican’s chaplain. It mentions the origin of the Episcopal Church in the U S and early Virginia parish setup in Jamestown 1607, including Virginia Dare and Manatee baptism in 1585.
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Golden Gate Park
California
Drake
Frantis Drake
Pacific
San Francisco
Church of England
Episcopal Church of Scotland
Episcopal Church
United States of America
United States
Robert Hunt
Jamestown
Walter Raleigh
Virginia
Manatee
Congregation of Christ's Flock
North America