Asylum Hill Sabbath School Approved

1. Information on this event comes from a letter from Maria Metcalf to Fanny Bartlett, December 1890; a lecture by F. Irvin Davis, March 1, 1908; an address by Atwood Collins, March 23, 1915; and a Hartford Courant article published on March 18, 1940.
2. The 1940 Courant article described this event as the first session of the Sunday school.
3. There are no contemporary references to any meetings on or the opening of the Sunday school.

1. The annual meeting of the City Missionary Society took place on October 28, 1860.
2. Maria Metcalf began her neighborhood survey on October 29, 1860.

1. Sunday school officers would be elected on November 11, 1860.
2. The North Church Sabbath School and the Asylum Hill Sabbath School were scheduled to picnic together today at Gillett’s Grove on July 13, 1861.

Erastus Collins was the superintendent of the West Middle School District, and he would become a founder of Asylum Hill Congregational Church.

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, “Fiftieth Anniversary of the Asylum Hill Congregational Church,” Hartford Courant, February 14, 1915, page X5

Unattributed, “History of the Hill Church – F. Irvin Davis Gives It in Brief,” Hartford Courant, March 2, 1908, page 4.

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