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<P><SPAN class=937525500-18022005>Maybe someone can help this person.</SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN class=937525500-18022005>Christine Gray</SPAN></P>
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<P>Subscribers to H-Maryland have been very helpful to me in the past, so I am
hopeful that someone might have an idea for this query. I am looking for
information on the Baltimore Mariner's Church of the 1830s.</P>
<P>Its preacher was Stephen Williams, who published a short essay called
"Seaman's Cause in Baltimore" in the _Baltimore Literary and Religious Magazine_
in March 1835 (vol 1). As my research relates to the social welfare of
working-class residents in early republic Baltimore, I am eager to locate any
manuscript materials pertaining to this church or Stephen Williams (who is
described elsewhere as a "city missionary" in Fell's Point and Old Town). While
I have had luck in finding public poor relief records, I have not been able to
turn up much in regard to private charity in the period before 1840, especially
the kind of primary source records of "visitors" who kept tabs on specific
impoverished families. Any ideas about such archival records (in church<SPAN
class=937525500-18022005> </SPAN>collections?) for early republic Baltimore
would be most appreciated.</P>
<P>Thank you in advance,</P>
<P>Seth Rockman</P>
<P>Department of History</P>
<P>Brown University</P>
<P>Seth_Rockman@brown.edu</P></DIV></BODY></HTML>