In 1824, the Marquis de Lafayette accepted an invitation from the US Congress and President Monroe, an old friend, to visit the US. Leaving France with his son Georges, a valet and Auguste Levasseur, his secretary on July 13, he sailed into NY Harbor on Aug 15. Levasseur would send back countless dispatches to an … Read more
This is an ongoing project to fill in the details about our rectors, particularly images and stories about their lives around St. George’s
McGuire’s Centennial Commemoration Sermon of 1835 was delivered 100 years after the sexton Susannah Livingston was paid for her work in that capacity 700 pounds of tobacco and “for cleaning the churchyard.” This is evidence the building was complete for occupancy at the time.
This article appeared in 1859 a year after Bishop John Johns delivered a funeral oration for Rev. McGuire who died in 1858. We don’t have Johns funeral oration for Rev. McGuire. However, a year later this article appeared in the “Protestant Episcopal Quarterly Review”. It was entitled “Rev. Edward C. McGuire, D. D. Sketch of his Life and Labors”. Johns name does not appear with the article but a copy of the article is at Virginia Theological Seminary with his name attached to it.
Once a Village was written by Kate Doggett Boggs and published in 1944. This selection reflects the high/low church controversy of the late 19th century
The pledge system developed at the end of the Civil War to help the church pay for its damages. It would cover building maintenance and the rector’s salary as well as other charitable causes.
Not a typical 19th century biography for a non-typical man.
How has St. George’s changed in size over its 300 years of history ?
