Charles Henry Hall Papers

Résumé du livre

Five letters describe Charles Hall's association with St. John's Episcopal Church (John's Island, S.C.): letter, 17 Oct. 1848 and signed by Paul C. Grimball as chairman of the vestry, invites Hall to accept the pastorate of the church, which would require regular services during the summer months for African American slaves while many of the white residents had relocated to healthier climates: "There is a very comfortable Parsonage, with a small tract of Land, near the church, where the Rector will reside during the Winter; and in the Summer he will reside at Rockville, where there is also a Residence provided, during the Summer months he will be required to preach on alternate Sundays there, and at the church on John's Island; the Vestry being desirous that the colored portion of the congregation should not be altogether without religious instruction for such a length of time. The salary is Twelve hundred dollars a year, payable quarterly."