Call Number: 1974.008
Extent: 0.2 Linear feet, in 46 folders in one manuscript box
This collection contains correspondence to and from the Reverend Peter Lowe, Pastor of the Dutch Church of Flatbush. Many of the correspondents are fellow clergymen. The subjects of the correspondence principally include pleasantries and expressions of spirituality, especially in relation to dealing with difficulties, being favored with luck, matters of health or illness, and other fortunes or misfortunes of life. There is some commentary on finding preaching positions, performing clerical duties and seeking to redeem sinners. In this connection, there is an unsent 1788 letter from Lowe in which he expresses frustration that his church will not allow African-Americans to become members; he details the objections of the members and his answers to those objections.
Names:
- Lowe, Peter
- Flatbush Dutch Reformed Church (Flatbush, New York, N.Y.)
Places:
- Flatbush (New York, N.Y.)
Subjects:
- Clergy — New York (State) — Kings County
- Reformed Church — New York (State) — Kings County
Types of material:
- Correspondence