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Petition to Members of the First Baptist Church of Groton, 1819Entry/Object ID
2026.024.006Scope and Content
Petition to members of the First Baptist Church of Groton in regards to providing for Elder John Gano Wightman, March 13, 1819:
"To the Inhabitants of the First Baptist Society in the Town of Groton - Friends and Brethren Respectively - these are to Reques your particular attention to the case of Elder Wightman Being in the decline of life with a numerous family that must in a great degree depend on him for support, himself not enjoying so good health as men generally at his age - You must all in some measure be acquainted with his situation as a servant to the people subject to their call in visiting the sick, preaching sermons and Lectures - visiting schools all which he invariably performs not considering it a task but a duty as a Christian and minister of Christ's Gospel - Now therefore we the undersigned do hereby agree to pay annually the sums attached to our Respective names for the particular benefit of Elder John G. Wightman. Dated Groton, March the 13th AD 1819.
The conditions of this instrument is such that should any person consider it a burden to pay the sum annexed to his or her name annually may have the Liberty to erase his or her name after the first year. Subscribers to make the first payment on or before the 15th day of April 1819."
Signed by Roswell Fish, Sands Fish, Stanton Babcock, Joseph CulverCollection
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2026.024Source or Donor
Edith WolfeAcquisition Method
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