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Monograph on Calvinistic Church

Commentary
The split from the Calvinistic Church was contentious and apparently took a long time. Everyone agreed that slavery was bad and outlawed in Massachusetts. The question was whether it should outlawed in the South as well. Some believed it was up to the south to decide for themselves and others believed an end to slavery should be imposed. The Trinitarian church became the Rollstone Church after the civil war and it still exists today. The appearance of the actual building if very hard to in down as it was apparently renovated and possibly moved. There is also a lack of clarity on the names of these churches. Sometimes they included the the work “Congregational” in their name and other times that was left out (give examples?). Both forms are used on the panel to reflect the way the churches were described by the available historical references.

Suggestions for further research
New records from the 1830s and 1840s from the Calvinistic Church have been discovered recently at the Fitchburg Historical Society. They may reveal more about the terms and participants in the debate.

A study of real estate records may reveal what the church looked like and where it stood at different times