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Dedication Hymn Letter From Samuel Parker to Rev Mercer
Private letter from Samuel Parker of Glendale California dated September 5 1917 to Rev J B Mercer pastor of First M E church Henry Illinois. Parker recalls dedication of a church in Glendale and shares copies of temperance songs and memories from 1859 to 1888. He notes attachment to Henry and Chicago, mentions cemetery and The Hen Ty Republican, and attaches the dedicatory hymn text used at the 1888 dedication.
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Samuel
Par- A Decker
Ie, Mercer
Glendale
Cal
J. B
Mercer
First
Henry
Illnois
Gire
Glen‘dale
Chicago
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Samuel ‘Parker
Parker
William Everett
Henry Church