Seats sold at Asylum Hill Congregational Church

1. James Clark bought the first seat.
2. The highest price paid was $215.
3. The total amount received was approximately $6,000.

The church had been dedicated this morning.

The total amount realized by the sale of seats would be approximately $101,583 today.  The person who paid the highest amount would have paid $3,640 today. 

Unattributed, “Sale of Seats at the Hill Church,” Hartford Daily Courant, June 16, 1866, page 2.