Old First Church, Springfield

[Henry]

No, not Flanders.  "These are very important people."

http://www.masslive.com/news/index.ssf/2008/04/old_first_church_items_to_be_
a.html?category=Springfield 

Old First Church items to be auctioned
by The Republican Newsroom 
Monday April 21, 2008, 9:21 PM
By MARLA A. GOLDBERG 
mgoldberg at repub.com
SPRINGFIELD - Silver communion pieces, some of them dating back to the 18th
century, two historic portraits and other artifacts from Old First Church
are headed to the auction block on Friday.

"The silver communion grouping include pieces said to have been donated by
John Worthington, Lt. Col. Josiah Dwight and Edward Pynchon, the son of
William Pynchon, who founded Springfield and the church. Worthington was a
Springfield native and lawyer who served as high sheriff and king's attorney
for Hampshire County before the Revolutionary War, while Dwight was a
merchant and judge before his death in 1768."

"'These are very important people, not just to local history, but to
American history,' Carvalho said."
	
HENRY MUSIKAR
Information, Media, and Technology Consultant

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