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Size | 9.0 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 2,850 items) |
Abstract | Henry C. Lay was an Episcopal clergyman and bishop. Lay preached to the Army of Tennessee at times during the Civil War. The collection includes family and church-related correspondence, including sermons, scrapbooks, writings, and diaries of Henry C. Lay while an Episcopal priest in Virginia, 1846-1847; in Huntsville, Ala., 1847-1859; missionary bishop of Arkansas during the Civil War; and missionary bishop of the Diocese of Easton, Md., 1869-1885. Included is a journal of Episcopal acts for most of the years 1863-1885 and European travel diaries, 1866-1867 and 1878-1879. The Addition of July 2010 consists of a recipe book, circa 1915, belonging to Eliza Atkinson Lay. |
Creator | Lay, Henry C. (Henry Champlin), 1823-1885. |
Language | English |
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Henry Champlin Lay (1823-1885) was an Episcopal clergyman and bishop. Lay was an Episcopal priest in Virginia, 1846-1847; in Huntsville, Ala., 1847-1859; a missionary bishop of Arkansas during the Civil War; and missionary bishop of the Diocese of Easton, Md., 1869-1885. Lay preached to the Army of Tennessee at times during the Civil War.
Back to TopThe collection includes family and church-related correspondence, including sermons, scrapbooks, writings, and diaries of Henry C. Lay while an Episcopal priest in Virginia, 1846-1847; in Huntsville, Ala., 1847-1859; missionary bishop of Arkansas during the Civil War; and missionary bishop of the Diocese of Easton, Md., 1869-1885. The collection includes a journal of Episcopal acts for most of the years 1863-1885. Also included are European travel diaries, 1866-1867 and 1878-1879.
The Addition of July 2010 consists of a recipe book, circa 1915, belonging to Eliza Atkinson Lay.
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Arrangement: chronological.
Arrangement: by subject.
A recipe book, circa 1915, belonging to Eliza Atkinson Lay.
Folder 185 |
Recipe book of Eliza Atkinson Lay, circa 1915 #00418, Series: "Addition of July 2010 (Acc. 101317), circa 1915." Folder 185 |
Processed by: SHC Staff
Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007
Volumes 18, 19, and 20 were transferred to the George William Lay Papers (#417) in October 1963
Finding aid updated for digitization by Kathryn Michaelis, August 2010
Updated by Matt Dailey because of addition, January 2012
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