Fredonia Baptist Church
Transcripts of Church Letters, Reports, and Receipts from the 1880s

Transcribed by Marsia Painter
with Wendy Straight

The Fredonia Baptist Church, or at times called the Fredonia Baptist Society or the Baptist Society of Pomfret, was formed in 1808. Zattu Cushing was the founder, and his barn was the first meeting house. The society built a wooden structure on the present site in the early 1820s. It served until 1852 when the present brick building was erected. Today's address is 19 Church St, Fredonia, NY  14063.

These transcripts are of loose-leaf correspondence and receipts, mostly handwritten, from the 1880s.

• Some punctuation has been added and some spelling has been corrected.
• Last names and years have been set in bold font.
• Text in {} is written in a different handwriting than the main item.
• Items are not necessarily in chronological order.

For the following items please see the 1890s Letters, Reports and Receipts:

• Item 23: 1888 Order to pay Mrs. Mugrr(?) for five days work.
• Item 30: 1889 Letter of commendation and dismission for Mrs. Minnie Abeel.
• Item 36: 1889 Letter of commendation and dismission for Mary Strobel.
• Item 75: 1881 Statement of account for Mrs. Bissell in account with D.L. Shepard.
• Item 76: 1882 Grocery receipt for Mrs. E. Barker.
• Item 93: 1883 Emel Wingblad’s letter of commendation and dismission from a Swedish church.

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September 2007