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200 Years Ago

Frederick Circuit Minutes, Sept. 1805

? Black persons licensed to preach were Charles Johnson and Benjamin Cook, a slave.

100 Years Ago

Methodist Protestant, Oct. 25, 1905

? East Baltimore Methodist Protestant Church was improved with memorial windows, lights and fresco.

Baltimore Conference Minutes, 1905

? The West Virginia Conference was asked to cease appointing preachers to several churches in Baltimore Conference territory, such as Gormania and Gransville, W. Va.

? Congress was asked to pass legislation to prohibit polygamy by Mormons.

25 Years Ago

Circuit Rider, Oct. 17 and 24, 1980

? Bishop Wertz aided in the release of former UM Bishop Arias by the Bolivian army.

? A General Conference Archives Center is under construction at Drew University.

10 Years Ago

Connection, Oct. 25, 1995

? Conference approved relocation of the conference center to Columbia, but refused to allow an obligatory local church insurance plan.

? The Board of Child Care broke ground for a $3 million administration building to house 125 staff members.

? Reeders Home asked for Christmas gifts for the residents.

The Rev. Edwin Schell is the executive director of the United Methodist Historical Society.