(RELIGION) RHODE ISLAND Charter State of Rhode Island in Gen

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(RELIGION.) RHODE ISLAND. Charter State of Rhode Island in General Assembly. . . An Act to Incorporate the Mount Zion African Methodist Episcopal Church in the City of Providence. Manuscript copy of the Act of Incorporation, dated January 1872--1885: eight 4to pages written on four leaves, followed by nine pages of "By Laws" for the Church written on five leaves, in a different hand and dated 1885. should be seen. Providence, 1872-1885

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A fascinating glimpse into the establishment of this branch of the A.M. E. Church. Following a copy of the actual act of incorporation, there follow the minutes of the first meetings to establish officers of the church, stewards etc. The first African Methodist Episcopal Church, the Mother Bethel Church was founded by Richard Allen in Philadelphia, in 1816.