Part 5

“We send you the accompanying draft. It is our Golden Wedding gift, April 1, 1879, which is the fiftieth anniversary of our married life. We want you to use it for the Christian and educational elevation of the poor Freedmen as you think best. We talked the subject over, and concluded to make you this gift in behalf of _them_, instead of making a fashionable golden wedding party for the entertainment of our fifty-year-old friends or our own personal benefit. With it you shall have our daily prayers for the ultimate success of so worthy a cause.”

“Enclosed please find my check for $——, donation of my “Lady Friends” at my Golden Wedding.”

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RECEIPTS FOR APRIL, 1879.

MAINE, $175.49.

Bath. M. F. Gannett $10.00 Bethel. F. B. and H. C. B. 1.00 Blanchard. “A Friend.” 5.00 Brewer. First Cong. Ch., $10.83; First Cong. Sab. Sch., $3.52, bal. to const. Mrs. Rev. C. A. BECKWITH, L. M. 14.35 Brunswick. First Cong. Soc. 19.65 Falmouth. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc. 9.20 Foxcroft and Dover. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 36.28 Gorham. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 31.85 Hallowell. South Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Tougaloo U._ 15.00 Hampden. L. H. 0.50 Lewiston. Rev. G. S. Dickerman 20.00 North Waterford. S. E. H. 1.00 Orono. First Cong. Ch. 1.56 St. Albans. First Cong. Ch. 1.60 Sweden. Cong. Ch. 5.00 Waterford. “H. E. and C. M. D.” $3 and box of C.; Mrs. C. D. 50c 3.50

NEW HAMPSHIRE, $619.08.

Bristol. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 2.07 Chichester. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 8.76 Colebrook. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 6.12 Deerfield. ESTATE of Mrs. Merriam F. Brown, by Joseph T. Brown, Ex. 347.81 Great Falls. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 40.00 Hanover. Dartmouth College Ch. 16.73 Lancaster. H. F. H. 1.00 Littleton. Cong. Ch. and Soc., $19.43; Mrs. A. J. C., 50c 19.93 Orfordville. D. T. H. 1.00 Marlborough. Ladies’ Aid Soc., box of C. Mason. Cong. Ch. 5.00 Milford. Cong. Ch. to const. LOVEL HARRIS, L. M. 34.31 Nashua. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 29.26 Newport. Cong. Ch. 39.73 Peterborough. Cong. Ch., $24.29; Mrs. E. C. H., 51c 24.80 Pittsfield. “A Friend.” 10.00 South Amherst. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 10.56 Temple. Cong. Sab. Sch. 17.00 Wentworth. Ephraim Cook 5.00

VERMONT, $394.85.

Brookfield. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 15.00 Cambridge. Madison Safford 44.94 Clarendon. Rev. G. H. Morss, $5; “A Friend,” $5; Mrs. J. N. P., $1 11.00 Danville. Cong. Sab. Sch. 11.00 Fair Haven. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 32.74 Newbury. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 5.00 Saint Albans. Mrs. F. S. Stranahan, $42.71; First Cong. Ch., Class in Sab. Sch., $25; H. M. Stevens, $10, _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ 77.71 Saint Johnsbury. North Cong. Ch. 125.75 Shelburne. James D. Duncan, to const. HOYT G. POST, L. M. 30.00 West Fairlee. Cong. Sab. Sch. 12.00 West Randolph. Miss Betsy Nichols 2.00 Williamstown. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 13.71 Windham. Cong. Ch. _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ 4.00 —— “A Friend,” 10.00

MASSACHUSETTS, $3,688.37.

Amherst. Mrs. R. A. Lester 50.00 Andover. Theo. Sem. Individuals by Edgar J. Penney, $30 to const. ESTELLA CROSBY, L. M.;—Ladies’ Soc. of Free Ch., $1.51 _for Straight U._ 31.51 Andover. West Parish Cong. Ch. 50.00 Attleborough. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc. 65.00 Ayer. Mrs. C. A. Spaulding, _for Student Aid_ 25.00 Barre. Mrs. Edwin Wood, $1 and bbl. of C. 1.00 Bedford. Trin. Cong. Ch. and Soc., to const. Rev. GEO. E. LOVEJOY, L. M. 30.00 Belchertown. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 40.50 Blackstone. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 13.63 Boston. E. B. P. 1.00 Boxford. A. E. S. 1.00 Brookline. Harvard Cong. Ch. 68.96 Cambridgeport. Pilgrim Ch., $10.11;—Cash, $5 _for Chinese M._;—N. C. 50c 15.61 Cambridge. Mrs. J. S. S. 1.00 Clinton. “A. E. F.” $10; Ladies’ Benev. Soc of Cong. Ch., bbl. of C. and $2.50 _for Freight, for City Mission Work, Nashville, Tenn._ 12.50 Concord. Trin. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 20.41 Conway. Mrs. Wm. Tilton 2.00 Dedham. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 183.61 East Hawley. “A Friend,” 2.00 Enfield. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 22.07 Florence. Florence Ch. 107.66 Fitchburgh. Ladies’ Benev. Soc. of Rollstone Ch., Bbl of Bedding and C. _for Atlanta U._;—W. L. B. $1 1.00 Foxborough. D. Carpenter, $40.; Orth. Cong. Ch. and Soc. (ad’l) 75c 40.75 Gardener. First Cong. Ch. and Soc., $10; Mrs. Knowlton, $1.50; Dea. H. B., 50c 12.00 Granby. Cong. Ch. $14.17;—Mrs. John Church’s Sab. Sch. Class, _for Chinese M._ $6 20.17 Great Barrington. L. M. P. 1.00 Greenfield. Ladies’ Miss. Soc., bbl of bedding and C., _for Atlanta U._ Holliston. John Batchelder 25.00 Housatonic. Dea. A. D. W. 1.00 Hyde Park. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 17.38 Ipswich. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 20.00 Lee. Cong. Sab. Sch. 75.00 Malden. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 40.85 Marlborough. Ladies’ Aid Soc., _for Freight_ 1.00 Melrose. Orth. Cong. Ch. and Soc. (ad’l) 0.50 Millbury. ESTATE of Hannah W. Stockwell, by Geo. W. Rice, Ex. 207.49 Mittineaque. Luke Bliss, $50, _for Student Aid, Atlanta U._;—Cong. Ch. $12.37 62.37 Monson. Cong. Ch. 15.72 Newburyport. Miss S. N. B. 0.50 Newton. Eliot Ch. (in part) 125.00 Newton Centre. First Cong. Ch. and Soc., $52.61;—Mrs. Furber’s Bible Class, $40, _for Student Aid. Atlanta U._ 92.61 Newton Lower Falls. Mrs. H. H. Lord, box of books and papers, _for Raleigh, N. C._ North Abington. “Friends,” $25, _for City Mission Work, Nashville, Tenn._ 25.00 Northampton. ESTATE of J. P. Williston, by A. L. Williston, Ex. 637.60 Northampton. First Cong. Ch. 65.44 Northborough. Box of C. North Brookfield. First Cong. Ch., $50;—Miss A. W. Johnson, trunk of C., _for Fisk U._ 50.00 North Middleborough. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 15.33 Oxford. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 27.91 Peabody. Thomas Stimpson 100.00 Plympton. Cong. Ch. 1.00 Prescott. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 6.00 Princeton. Ladies, by Anna H. Whitteker 2.00 Quincy. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid, Talladega C._ 13.00 Reading. Rev. W. H. Willcox, $58 _for Student Aid, Atlanta U._; $100 _for Student Aid, Fisk U._; $50 _for Girls’ Ind. Sch., Talladega C._, and $15 _for a Map for Straight U._ 223.00 Reading. Mrs. Wm. W. 1.00 Royalston. H. M. Estabrook, to const. JOSEPH ESTABROOK, L. M. 30.00 Rutland. First Cong. Ch., $16; Rev. G. S. Dodge, $1.50 17.50 Somerville. Franklin St. Ch. and Soc. 130.00 South Braintree. A. P. W. 1.00 Springfield. South Cong. Ch., $25.02; C. H. B., 25c 25.27 Templeton. Trin. Sab. Sch. Concert 3.09 Townsend. Mary B. Burnap 10.00 Upton. L. L. L. 1.00 Wakefield. Henry L. Haskell, _for Student Aid, Atlanta U._ 5.00 Walpole. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 22.27 Ware. East Cong. Ch. and Soc., to const. WM. F. CONEY, SILAS A. SPOONER, MRS. H. M. CONEY, MARY BLOOD and SUSIE BOND, L. M.’s 384.50 Westfield. Cong. Ch., Mrs. Elizabeth F. Strong, $12 _for Student Aid_, and $18 _for furnishing a Dormitory, Straight U._ and to const. Miss JOSEPHINE E. STRONG, L. M. 30.00 West Hampton. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 17.00 Westminster. R. Merriam, _for Bibles_ 2.00 West Newton. Miss Ann Miller 20.00 Whitinsville. ESTATE of E. W. Fletcher, by Chas P. Whitin, Ex. 100.00 Williamsburgh. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 14.31 Williamstown. First Cong. Ch. 11.35 Wilmington. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 43.00 Worcester. Central Cong. Ch. 150.00

RHODE ISLAND, $1.

Providence. L. M. W. 1.00

CONNECTICUT, $2,851.25.

Ansonia. Cong. Ch. 18.09 Avon. N. L. C. 1.00 Berlin. Second Cong. Ch. 25.00 Bethel. Samuel B. Kyle, to const. H. H. BAIRD, L. M. 30.00 Canaan. First Cong. Ch. 6.50 Colebrook. Cong. Ch. 8.50 Columbia. Cong Ch. and Soc. 18.48 Cornwall Hollow. Mrs. H. S. 0.50 Coventry. Second Cong. Ch. 26.25 Falls Village. Cong. Ch. 6.50 Farmington. Cong. Ch. 60.47 Hartford. Mrs. S. M. Dewing, $50; Asylum Hill Cong. Ch. $10 60.00 Mansfield. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc. 7.98 Middletown. Individuals by E. M. Williams 1.50 New Britain. John B. and L. E. Smith, _for Fisk U._ 15.00 New Haven. First Cong. Ch. (of which $20 from Rev. W. Patton, D. D. _for Howard U._) 278.21 New Haven. Howard Ave. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 25.63 New Preston. First Ch. of Christ, $129.76; Miss H. P. B., $1 130.76 North Haven. Cong. Ch. $48, and Sab. Sch. $20, to const. ROBERT W. SMITH and CHARLES B. SMITH, L. M.’s. 68.00 North Madison. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 7.00 Norwich. Broadway Cong. Ch. 200.00 Plainville. Dea. Lucas Carter, _for Student Aid, Atlanta U._ 50.00 Plantsville. Cong. Ch. 204.01 Plantsville. Mrs. Mary Hotchkiss, _for Student Aid, Atlanta U._ 5.00 Pomfret. First Cong. Ch., _for Straight U._ 52.50 Prospect. Cong. Ch. 7.00 Simsbury. “A few Friends,” by Mrs. Nettie H. Eno. $15;—Box of C., by Mrs. McLean, _for Atlanta U._ 15.00 Somers. Mrs. S. C. P. 1.00 Somerville. Cong. Ch. 40.00 South Manchester. E. T. 1.00 Stamford. Cong. Ch. (of which $28.80 _for Student Aid, Atlanta U._) 53.75 Thomaston. Cong. Ch. 74.91 Thompson. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid, Tougaloo U._ 8.98 West Brook. Cong. Sab. Sch., $20; Mrs. R. S., $1; Mrs. J. R. S., $1; Mrs. D., $1; Mrs. E. S., $1; Mrs. W. D., $1; Mrs. D. S., $1; Mrs. E. A. P., $1 27.00 West Hartford. Cong. Ch. and Soc. (of which $70 _for Student Aid_.) 200.00 West Meriden. First Cong. Sab. Sch. 33.00 Windham. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 7.56 Windsor Locks. Cong. Ch., $53.17; “A Friend,” $2 55.17 ——“A Friend,” _for Fisk U._ 1000.00 ——“A Friend.” 20.00

NEW YORK, $978.30.

Albion. L. S. 1.00 Amsterdam. C. Bartlett 10.00 Brooklyn. Plymouth Church 226.53 Brooklyn. Mrs. Lucy Thurber, $5; Church of the Covenant, $2.50; Mrs. H. Dickinson, $2 9.50 Canandaigua. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 65.00 Champion. Mr. and Mrs. Joel A. Hubbard 50.00 Churchville. Union Cong. Ch. and Soc. 29.37 Clarkson. Fanny M. Palmer 2.00 Crown Point. ESTATE of Tryphena Walker, by Juba Howe, Ex., to const. Rev. A. E. CLARKE, L. M. 50.00 Essex Co. “A Friend,” 50.00 Franklin. Mrs. I. H. Penfield 3.00 Harlem. Cong. Sab. Sch., 2 packages Sab. Sch. books Homer. Cong. Ch., Miss Nancy Knight 5.00 Honeoye. Miss Hannah Pitts 20.00 Little Genesee. Rev. Thomas B. Brown 5.00 Little York. Augusta Arnold, $4.50; F. F. P., 50c 5.00 Moravia. ESTATE of Matilda S. Rogers, by S. Edwin Day 200.00 New York. Mrs. James Stokes, $100, _for Livingstone Missionary Hall, Nashville, Tenn._ Charles J. Martin, $25, _for Student Aid, Atlanta U._ 125.00 Penn Yan. M. Hamlin 60.00 Rome. John B. Jervis 25.00 Steuben. First Welsh Cong. Ch. 7.00 Syracuse. Mrs. Clara C. Clarke, $6.90; Miss F. A. C., 50c.; W. H., $1; A. B., $1 9.40 Tompkinsville. Mrs. M. S. 0.50 Union Falls. Margaret B. Duncan 10.00 Utica. Miss Cornelia Hurlburt 10.00

PENNSYLVANIA, $28.11.

Gibson. L. G., $1; Miss B. C., 61c 1.61 Philadelphia. M. A. L., $1; Rev. H. L. P., 50c 1.50 Sewickley. Miss Lucy Bittinger 25.00

NEW JERSEY, $5.50.

Jersey City. Miss S. E. Hawley 5.00 Rahway. E. Y. M. 0.50

OHIO, $403.33.

Akron. Cong. Ch. 94.55 Barnes. G. McF. 1.00 Chardon. “Old Member of Cong. Ch. of Hampden,” (weekly contributions) 6.00 Clarksfield. Bbl. of C. and $5 _for Freight, for Selma, Ala._ 5.00 Cleveland. Euclid Ave. Cong. Ch., $17.50; Mrs. J. A. L., $1; Mrs. S. H. E., $1 19.50 Fredericktown. A. H. Royce 10.00 Grand Rapids. E. W. Ball 20.00 Huntsburgh. Cong. Ch., _for Emerson Inst._ 3.00 Kent. Cong. Ch. 8.11 Lexington. Cong. Ch. 7.00 Lorain. Cong. Ch. 4.03 Madison. Central Cong. Ch. and Soc., $60;—“Friends,” $13, _for Student Aid, Tougaloo U._; “Friends,” $2; Dr. Ensign, $2, _for Tougaloo_;—Bbl. of C. and $2 _for Freight for Selma, Ala._ 79.00 Marysville. R. S. Wilcox, $21; Cong. Sab. Sch., $10, _for Student Aid, Selma, Ala._;—R. S. W., $1—Bbl. of C. and books _for Selma. Ala._; 32.00 Mecca. Cong. Ch. and Sab. Sch., _for Tougaloo_ 5.90 Oberlin. Mrs. E. C. C. 1.00 Paddy’s Run. Cong. Ch. 20.30 Painesville. First Cong. Ch. 13.13 Ravenna. Ira B. Cutts, to const. Rev. A. M. HILLS, L. M. 25.00 Ruggles. Cong. Sab. Sch. 25.00 Saybrook. “Friends,” $2; “Friends,” bbl. of C., _for Tougaloo_ 2.00 Salem. Asa W. Allen 2.00 Sullivan. Mrs. M. McC. 1.00 Tallmadge. H. W. C. 0.44 Toledo. Edson Allen, _for Raleigh, N.C._ 3.00 Twinsburg. Cong. Sab. Sch. 12.00 Washington. Cong. Ch. 3.37

INDIANA, $20.

New Corydon. Geo. Stolz 5.00 Indianapolis. Plymouth Ch. 15.00

ILLINOIS $1,182.69.

Alton. Cong. Ch. 60.00 Bondville. “A Friend.” 5.00 Chicago. Lincoln Park Ch., $34.10; Bethany Ch., $12.45 44.55 Earlville. Cong. Ch., to const. Rev H. D. WIARD, L. M. 37.75 Galesburg. Cong. Ch. 83.93 Glencoe. Cong. Ch. (ad’l) 0.25 Jacksonville. T. W. Melendy, H. L. Melendy and M. C. Melendy 30.00 Kewanee. Ladies’ Miss. Soc., _for Student Aid, Tougaloo U._ 10.00 Kirtland. Cong. Ch. 8.00 Knoxville. W. A., $1; W. H. H., $1; Mrs. A. B., $1 3.00 Lake Forest. Mrs. W. A. Nichols, $25; Mrs. W. H. Ferry, $25, _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ 50.00 Lisbon. Cong. Ch. 10.35 Morris. Cong. Ch. 28.00 Ontario. Cong. Ch. 22.25 Payson. Cong. Ch. 15.00 Polo. Robert Smith 500.00 Shirland. Cong. Ch. 6.60 Stillman Valley. Cong. Ch. 7.01 Streator. Samuel Plumb 250.00 Sycamore. ——. 1.00 ——. “A Stranger,” 10.00

MICHIGAN, $223.45.