Some old time meeting houses of the Connecticut Valley . THE Forn IONIC ;. KEV. JOHN M. GRKENE, U. 1).Tlio Originator of tlic idea i>f Sniitli (:;.>lle^e A vote to build the house according to the plan pro-posed was passed. Nine pews were reserved for the useof the parish, one of these being for the pastors family. The pews were appraised at sums varying from$12 up to $135. Free pews were not the fashion inthat day. In February, 1849, at a parish meeting,there was a sale of choice of pews. The highest pricepaid for a choice was twenty dollars, Moses Warnerpaying that sum. Sophia a
Some old time meeting houses of the Connecticut Valley . THE Forn IONIC ;. KEV. JOHN M. GRKENE, U. 1).Tlio Originator of tlic idea i>f Sniitli (:;.>lle^e A vote to build the house according to the plan pro-posed was passed. Nine pews were reserved for the useof the parish, one of these being for the pastors family. The pews were appraised at sums varying from$12 up to $135. Free pews were not the fashion inthat day. In February, 1849, at a parish meeting,there was a sale of choice of pews. The highest pricepaid for a choice was twenty dollars, Moses Warnerpaying that sum. Sophia and Harriet Smith paid thesame amount; J. D. Billings paid fifteen dollars. Thelowest price paid for a choice was one dollar andfifty cents. At a later sale Samuel Graves paid eighteendollars. At a meeting of the parish held February 19,1849, it was reported that the amount raised from saleof pews amounted to $5, Eleven pews appraisedat $525 were left unsold. At the same meeting it was voted that the com-mittee chosen to obtain a plan proceed to procurevarious master bui
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