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title: 'A Pioneer Pastorate and Times Embodying Contemporary Local Transactions and Events'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
requiresPurchase: false
authors:
- 'Albert Williams'
date: 1879-01-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'American Presbyterian and Reformed History'
- 'Church History, Autobiography, and Biography'
scriptures:
- 'Psalms 26'
- 'Psalms 121'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/williams-1879-a-pioneer-pastorate-and-times-embodying-contemporary-local-transactions-and-events
---

# A Pioneer Pastorate and Times Embodying Contemporary Local Transactions and Events

Memoir by Rev. Albert Williams recounting his 1849 voyage to California and the founding, trials, and growth of the First Presbyterian Church of San Francisco—fires, civic unrest, and missions.

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