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PREFACE.
The Annals of Henrico Parish down to Easter, 1884, were
originally prepared by me at the request of Bishop Randolph,
to furnish him with the facts of the history of St. John's for
the preparation of his discourse for the Sesqui-Centennial,
celebrated June 10, 1891. Shortly after that anniversary,
I made up the Annals into an address and delivered it in St.
John's, as Bishop Randolph had quoted only slightly from
my gathered facts, his treatment of his theme having been
rather philosophical.
The annals of my own rectorship, as I say more particularly
in the introduction thereto, are not meant for publication
or expected to be generally read. I do not pretend to be
a historian of my own time; much less do I wish to appear
as magnifying my own ministry. Some of the minute details
are of no importance in themselves, and probably will
have no interest to the future historian of the parish, who
may seek material in these pages; but they are put on record
for the sake of those concerned, to whom the smallest things
and simplest facts in and about the Church of their love are
sacred and precious. On the other hand, I have told of
things which everybody, now a member of St. John's, sees or
knows; but I have been mindful of a time when these things
may have disappeared or those who know of their history may
have departed.
The difficulties I found in preparing the facts concerning
St. John's Church, through the one hundred and fifty years of
its existence as a building, influenced me not a little in this
matter.
Authorities and references to which grateful acknowledgment
is now, once for all, given:
The Vestry Books of the Parish and of St. John's Church.
Notes and introduction to the first Vestry Book, by Mr. R.
1874.
Journals of the Diocesan Councils, including introductory
matter by Rev. T. G. Dashiell, D. D., Secretary of the
Council. These date from the reorganization of the Diocese,
in 1785.
Old Churches, Ministers and Families of Virginia, in two
volumes, by Bishop Meade.
Contributions to the Ecclesiastical History of the United
States, by Rev. Dr. F. L. Hawks; Vol. 1, Virginia.
Appendix to Perry's History of the Church of England,
containing a Sketch of the History of the Protestant Episcopal
Church in the United States of America.
A History of the Monumental Church, by Geo. D. Fisher.
Virginia: A History of the People, by John Esten Cooke.
Manuscript Reminiscences of Old St. John's Church, by
Rev. Prof. Cornelius Walker, D. D.
Manuscript Notes and data concerning St. John's, gathered
and compiled by Mr. Peyton R. Carrington, of Richmond,
Va.
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