Excerpt from A Sermon Giving a Historical Account of St. John's Church, Georgetown, D. C., Delivered October 17, 1843: And an Address on the Occasion of the Funeral of Abel P. Upshur Others, Who Lost Their Lives by the Calamity on Board the Princeton, Feb, 28, 1844, and Also a Farewell Sermon Delivered April 7, 1844, on His Resignation of the Rectorship of St. John's ChAt that period there was no other Church at Washington than Christ Church at the Navy Yard. A part of the letter is here given.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.