. A history of old Pine street; being the record of an hundred and forty years in the life of a colonial church. VAULT OF CAPTAIN DAWSONOf Tarletoris Dragoons South Pastorate of George Duffield. 73 The only historic data we have to guide us in de-termining the movements of Pastor Duffield from thetime of his appointment as chaplain until near theclose of the war are his baptismal records, which beginwith February 20, These records show that hebaptized children every month during the period ofthe Revolution, except August of 1776, and Septemberof 1778, and the time of the British
. A history of old Pine street; being the record of an hundred and forty years in the life of a colonial church. VAULT OF CAPTAIN DAWSONOf Tarletoris Dragoons South Pastorate of George Duffield. 73 The only historic data we have to guide us in de-termining the movements of Pastor Duffield from thetime of his appointment as chaplain until near theclose of the war are his baptismal records, which beginwith February 20, These records show that hebaptized children every month during the period ofthe Revolution, except August of 1776, and Septemberof 1778, and the time of the British occupation of Phil-adelphia. It was not an uncommon thing for him tobaptize as many as ten or fifteen a month. During thewar he baptized more than two hundred and we have the positive proof that during these yearsGeorge Duffield performed a tremendous service bothfor his congregation at home and for the soldiers inthe field, going and coming from one to the the period of the British occupation of Phila-delphia, the congregational life of Pine Street wastherefore continuous. Consider for a moment the adverse conditionsthrough which pastor
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