Around 12 people joined the Asylum Hill Congregational Church today, including a woman from the American School for the Deaf, at a communion service held this morning.

According to the Courant, Thomas Galberry had been designated to succeed Francis McFarland as Bishop of Hartford.

The Asylum Hill Congregational Society held a special meeting this evening.

Roland Mather addressed a letter to George Chase, chair of the Asylum Hill Congregational Society, that stated it was time to complete the church building and donating $19,000 toward that end.

According to the Courant, the Plimpton Manufacturing Company had expanded to the upper floors of the Batterson Building in order to meet the demands of their contract to produce stamped envelopes for the US Post Office Department.

The Courant reported that production of stamped envelopes by the Plimpton Manufacturing Company had increased to 900,000 envelopes every ten hours.

According to the Courant, the Plimpton Manufacturing Company was now shipping large quantities of stamped envelopes on a daily basis.

According to the Courant, Marshall Jewell had concluded an “exigency contract” with George H. Reay to supply approximately 13 million envelopes to the Post Office Department.

The Hartford Catholic Institute held a regular meeting this evening and unanimously adopted a resolution regarding Francis McFarland’s recent death.

According to the Courant, the Plimpton Manufacturing Company would start printing stamped envelopes today.