Archives of Maryland
(Biographical Series)

Trueman Pratt (b. ~1775 - d. 1877)
MSA SC 5496-51565 
Founder of Orchard Street Church, 1825
 

Sources:

Archival Sources - 

Matchett's Baltimore Directory, 1831. P. 301, "Trueman Pratt".

BALTIMORE CITY HEALTH DEPARTMENT, BUREAU OF VITAL STATISTICS (Death Record) December 1, 1877 "Trueman Pratt". 

BALTIMORE COUNTY COURT (Land Records) TK 295, 1839, pp. 352 - 4. 

Craig's Business Directory and Baltimore Almanac., 1842. P. 81, "Orchard Chapel." 

BALTIMORE CITY SUPERIOR COURT (Charter Record) 1882-1883, "The Trustees of the Metropolitan Methodist Episcopal Church of Baltimore City," pp. 148-150. 

Newspapers and Journals -

"Corner-Stone Laying," Baltimore Sun. 16 May 1882.

"Over a Hundred Years Old," Baltimore Sun. 24 February 1876.

"Washington Methodist Episcopal Conference," Baltimore Sun. 16 March 1876.

"Louis Pratt, Father of Douglass High Principal, Dies at Age of 82." Baltimore Afro-American. 12 February 1938.

"Historic Registration to Be Sought for Oldest Black Church in City." Baltimore Sun. 13 December 1972.

"Church Slave Tunnel 'Reopens.'" Baltimore Sun. 28 July 1976.

"Expanding Orchard Street's miracle." Baltimore Sun. 9 November 1992.

 "A Reminiscence of Slavery Times," Baltimore American. 7 March 1877. - http://collinsfactor.com/newspaper/samuelgreennews.htm.

Books -


Internet Sources -

Ancestry.com. 1830 United States Federal Census. Baltimore, Maryland, Ward 12, p. 55.

Ancestry.com. 1840 United States Federal Census. Baltimore, Maryland, Ward 10, p. 55.

Ancestry.com. 1850 United States Federal Census. Baltimore, Maryland, Ward 20, p. 29.

Ancestry.com. 1860 United States Federal Census. Baltimore, Maryland, Ward 20, p. 82.

"Baltimore City's Designated Landmark List," Commission for Historical and Architectural Preservation/Department of Planning. July 2012. #97 "Orchard Street Church." 

"Maryland Historical Trust". Orchard Street United Methodist Church, Baltimore City. Maryland Historical Trust. 2008-11-21.

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