Emmanuel Church in the City of Boston

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1937

Posted on February 28, 2013 by Elizabeth Richardson

15 Sept. First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt mentioned in her diary My Day that Harriet Robeson was her guide at a convention of the American Hospital Association, which was held at Atlantic City NJ. Harriet Allen Robeson (1882-1978) compiled our centennial history in 1960. Namesake of an aunt who had died young in 1852, she was the granddaughter of our founders Andrew Robeson, Jr. (1817-1874) and Mary Allen Robeson (1819-1903).

First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt & Harriet A. Robeson at Atlantic City NJ. Photo. Fred Hess

1880

Posted on February 26, 2013 by Elizabeth Richardson

The Rev. Dr. William R. Huntington wrote “A Brief Sketch of the Early Days of the Church of the Good Shepherd”, Parish Journal of the Church, pp. 7-10. Its title page lists as rector The Rev. George J. Prescott and as warden JDW French, who had come with founding priest WR Huntington from Emmanuel. Also listed are warden Robert H. Richards and other founders, vestrymen, and sexton.