Photograph Of George Whitefield Samson Pastor Of E Street Baptist Church In Washington D C And

by George Whitefield Samson

$250 · Offered by Bartleby's Books

Original oval photograph, approx. 7 x 5 in., matted. Samson is shown as an older man, in 3/4 view, turned slightly to his right, and dressed in a suitcoat and bow tie. A very good image. Rev. Samson was born in Harvard, Massachusetts in 1819, and graduated from Brown University in 1839. He completed further studies at Newton Theological Seminary and graduated from there in 1843. He served as pastor of the E Street Baptist Church in Washington, D.C. from 1843-1850, and again from 1852-1859. Some

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