Printed page 72 records weekly religious meetings in Henry H. Richards’ home before 1868. It does not specify the address.
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Source: Writers’ Program (U.S.), Connecticut; Church Press, 1940. Scan: Allen County Public Library / Internet Archive.
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Transcribed excerpt from History of West Haven, Connecticut (1940), printed page 72. Source: https://archive.org/details/historyofwesthav00unse/page/n197/mode/1up Methodist Episcopal Church Prior to 1868, Methodist preachers and laymen from New Haven held services in West Haven. Weekly “class meetings”, at which members of several denominations united in worship, were held at the home of Henry H. Richards, a member of the Congregational church. The first meeting to consider the organization of a Methodist Episcopal Society, and the erection of a church in West Haven, was called on July 5, 1868, by W. A. Cross. Eight persons were present: Messrs. Bassett, Chapman, Eames, Smith, William and Charles Armstrong, Thomas, and Cross. [Excerpt ends here; the account continues on the following printed page.]
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Silent Grounds Collective, Main Street Sea Captains’ Homes, SGC-WHSC-032, WHSC-002, “Religious meetings in Henry H. Richards’ home.” Source: Writers’ Program (U.S.), Connecticut; Church Press, 1940. Scan: Allen County Public Library / Internet Archive.. https://archive.org/details/historyofwesthav00unse/page/n197/mode/1up. Research edition, accessed 2026-09-08.