Part 5, Note 19

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Report of Hannibal Pratt, The Spirit of Missions, June 1857, pp. 255-256; Report of Hannibal Pratt, The Spirit of Missions, February 1858, pp. 75-76; "The Late Rev. Hannibal Pratt, of Texas," The Spirit of Missions, March 1858, pp. 119-120; Journal of the Ninth Annual Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the Diocese of Texas, Held in Christ Church, Houston, April 15th, 16th and 17th, 1858 (Houston: 1858), p. 14; Journal of the Tenth Annual Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the Diocese of Texas, Held in Trinity Church, Galveston, May 5th and 6th, 1859 (San Antonio: 1859), pp. 31-32; Report of John M. Goshorn, The Spirit of Missions, October 1859, p. 451. The congregation of St. John's held services four times in 1858. Though no record of the site of those services seems to be extant, local legend has long held that some Episcopal services were held at Robson's celebrated residence, which was referred to as Robson's Castle. Since Robson was the senior warden of St. John's, it is possible that the parish's irregular services beginning in 1858 were indeed held at his home.