Maria Metcalf began a survey to demonstrate interest in a Sunday school on Asylum Hill

In 1890, Metcalf would write to Fanny Bartlett that she completed her survey in less than one week.

1. The date is the day after the annual meeting of the City Missionary Society, so this is the earliest that Metcalf could have begun her survey.
2. Elizabeth Kellogg’s assistance was described by Atwood Collins on March 23, 1915.
3. I have identified “Mrs. Joseph Kellogg” as Elizabeth from the “List of Charter Members of Asylum Hill Congregational Church.” She is listed there directly after Joseph Kellogg.

The annual meeting in question took place on October 28, 1860.

The first Sunday school classes were held on November 4, 1860.

Joseph Kellogg, Elizabeth’s husband, would attend the first meetings at the American Asylum on February 3 and February 6, 1864.

Mansfield, Lillian M.  The History of Asylum Hill Congregational Church, Hartford, Connecticut – Centennial, 1865-1965.  Hartford, CT:  Connecticut Printers, Inc.

Swartz, Melva J., “Hill Church Will Observe Anniversary,” Hartford Courant, March 18, 1940, page 1.

Unattributed, “Rev. Dr. Joseph H. Twichell Honored at Anniversary of His Church,” Hartford Courant, March 24, 1915, page 16.