Pastor Thomas Allen of Groton New York Album

Album was given to Pastor Thomas Allen by his Bible Class January 1st, 1864. A few are identified. Provenance included from descendant of Thomas.

1. L. Martin or L. Morton
2. B.D. Marshall
3. A.M. Swain
4. John W. Henry
5. Rev. Francis Wayland D.D. – (March 11, 1796 – September 30, 1865) was an American Baptist minister, educator and economist. He was president of Brown University and pastor of the First Baptist Church in America in Providence, Rhode Island. In Washington, D.C., Wayland Seminary was established in 1867, primarily to educate former slaves, and was named in his honor. (In 1899, Wayland Seminary merged with another school to become the current Virginia Union University, at Richmond, Virginia.)