1841 | Foreign missionary to a Texas sandbar | A conversation with Rev. Jimmy Abbott on Trinity Episcopal and it's history in Galveston, Texas

English - February 17, 2022 12:00 - 35 minutes - 24.3 MB
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Historic resources for everything we discuss in the episode: https://www.galvestonunscripted.com/jimmy-abbott-interview

Rev. Jimmy Abbott is a student of history. He is the Rector of Trinity Episcopal Church and the Historian for the Episcopal Church in Texas. He and I discuss quite a bit in this episode including the founding of Trinity Episcopal Church in the Country of Texas, Galveston Island's growth, the Battle of Galveston, and the religious community in Galveston over the past 175 years.

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