St. Michael's Church, Bristol (Mss. Gr. 185)

The collection spans the life of St. Michael’s Church, from its organization fifty years before the Revolutionary War to its 275th anniversary celebration in 1993. However, the church building was burned down in 1778 and again in 1858, and some of the early records may have been destroyed in those fires. All that exists of certain documents, such as the Kay Bequest, are handwritten copies.