Wikipedia's article on the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania documents the 1909 move to Brooklyn in institutional detail, including the incorporation of the People's Pulpit Association as a separate New York entity on 23 February 1909 to satisfy New York corporate law, and the naming of the new headquarters Bethel and the Brooklyn Tabernacle. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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A general reference encyclopedia, tier 3, used here for the incorporation of the People's Pulpit Association as the move's New York legal entity, corroborating jw.org's own account above. NotesUsed for the 23 February 1909 incorporation of the People's Pulpit Association and the naming of the Brooklyn properties Bethel and the Brooklyn Tabernacle.
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This source names Pennsylvania directly: "Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania documents the 1909 move to Brooklyn in institutional detail, including the incorporation of the People's Pulpit Association as a separate New York..."
Source Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania (Wikipedia)
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