| Establishing dates after which Calvin Stowe could have begun his Bible study. |
1862-1864Harriet Beecher Stowe came to Hartford periodically to oversee the construction of Oakholm. Calvin Stowe and Harriet Beecher Stowe both visited Hartford during this period, as Calvin prepared for retirement from Andover Seminary. Calvin also occasionally led Sunday services in Hartford while on these visits. | ||
November 4, 1860The first Sunday school class on Asylum Hill took place at the West Middle School.Read More | ||
1861Possible starting year for the Bible study. According to Atwood Collins (1915), “the first of these [prayer] meetings probably was held in 1861," and he said that the classes had started at “[a]bout the same time” as the first of the prayer meetings. | ||
November 1863Melva Swartz (1940) reported that Stowe started his Bible class “[a]bout three years after the organization of the Sabbath school,” which began on November 4, 1860.Read More | ||
May 30, 1864The Hartford Daily Courant published a commentary on a recent article published in The Round Table, in which the author purported to have visited Harriet Beecher Stowe’s house in Hartford. | ||
December 15, 1864An ecclesiastical council convened to examine George H. Gould, who had been called to serve as pastor of the Center Congregational Church. Calvin Stowe was a member of this council, and the Courant described him as being “of this city.” | ||
December 19, 1864Calvin Stowe and Harriet Beecher Stowe move to Hartford. | ||
March 18, 1865Calvin Stowe led the Sunday morning service and the Bible study at the Asylum Hill Congregational Church chapel. |