The History of the Presbytery of Steuben Including That of All the Other Presbyteries to Which Churches of Steuben and Allegany Counties Have Belonged, Notices of Ministries, Elders, and Missionaries, Sketches of the Existing Churches of Presbytery, And

Excerpt from The History of the Presbytery of Steuben: Including That of All the Other Presbyteries to Which Churches of Steuben and Allegany Counties Have Belonged, Notices of Ministries, Elders, and Missionaries, Sketches of the Existing Churches of Presbytery, and Over One Hundred Illustrations

It is not possible to name here the great number of friends of Presbytery who have assisted in some way - by gathering or verifying facts, by helping to secure engravings, and by paying for them. Especial acknowledgment is due to Rev. William Waith, Ph. D Stated Clerk of Buffalo Presbytery, for twice loaning the records of Angelica and Genesee Valley Presbyteries; to Rev. Charles C. Carr, nearly fifty years Stated Clerk of Chem ung Presbytery, for twice loan ing the necessary records of Chemung Presbytery; and to Rev. J. Wil ford Jacks, D. D., Stated Clerk of Geneva Presbytery, for the priv ilege of examining the early records of Geneva Presbytery. An outline sketch found in a book of minutes of the first ten years of Genesee Valley Presbytery, by Rev. Isaac G. Ogden, then Stated Clerk, has helped. Many of the facts in the sketch of missionaries have been gleaned from the Silver Jubilee pamphlet of the Woman's Presbyterial Society. The History of Rochester Pres bytery, by Rev. Levi Parsons, D. D.; the Historical Sketch of Buffalo Presbytery, by Rev. Dr. William Waith; the brief His tory of the Presbytery of Niagara published in 1887; the His tory of the Presbytery' of Geneva (1805 by Rev. Dr. J. Jer main Porter, and The History of the Settlement of Steuben County, by Guy H. Mcmaster, have all been of assistance. But more valuable and serviceable than anything, for the early history, has been Rev. James H. Hotchkins' monumental History of Wes tern New York Special acknowledgment is due to Mr. Charles P. Arnold, of Angelica, for valuable help in many different ways.

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