Scope and Contents Typed letter from N.D. Pendleton to Rev. Willis L. Gladish in Chicago, IL, USA. Pendleton has received Gladish’s letter of March 25th with an enclosed copy of Gladish’s letter to Mr. (John) Headsten. Pendleton does not think there is anything more to be done now that Headsten has withdrawn his congregation and established separate services. Pendleton believes that the union of the two congregations was useful, even if it was temporary. Pendleton reports that, despite financial loses, he...

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Typed letter from N.D. Pendleton's secretary, Freda Pendleton, to Rev. Fred E. Waelchli in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. At the Bishop’s request, F. Pendleton in sending Waelchli correspondence between the Bishop and Mr. E. H. Alden of Philadelphia. F. Pendleton comments, “It would seem from all accounts that the Convention and the Conference are beginning to be quite worried about the doings of the General Church, much as they love to ignore out existence.” Names mentioned: Mr. E. H. Alden

Scope and Contents Typed letter from N.D. Pendleton's secretary, Freda Pendleton, to Rev. Hugo Odhner in Kitchener, ON, Canada. F. Pendleton received Odhner’s letter and forwarded one to Mr. Ridgway as requested. She explains that Mr. R. Melville Ridgway is the secretary of the Durban Society and his brother is Mr. J. Henry Ridgway. J. Henry Ridgway visited the US with his family about 10 years ago, and his son, Norman Ridgway, has been atteneding the Academy. F. Pendleton relates an anecdote about the...

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The material in this sub-series contains records, correspondence, ephemera and other materials from several iterations of New Jerusalem church organizations in New York, including the Convention church (now Swedenborgian Church of North America), the New York Society of the General Church of the New Jerusalem, the Brooklyn Society and others. Folder titles are all "New York Society" although the church may have existed at times as a "circle" or "group" instead of a full society.