Name/Title
Road Church Vol. IEntry/Object ID
2024.060.1Scope and Content
"The Road Church Vol. I: Maria Stanton Box," collection of papers relating to Maria Stanton, the Women's Christian Temperance Union (W.C.T.U) and the Road Church, 1841-1885, in black binder:
*Petition appointing Maria Stanton to solicit abstinence pledges by the Stonington Total Abstinence Society, 1841
*Demand note for $14.00, the value of a large armchair from B.F. Collins, 1857
*Record book for the Ladies Mount Vernon Association of the Union. Maria Stanton served as Lady Manager for New London County, 1859
*Correspondence re. Mount Vernon Association, 1859
*Correspondence from Maria Stanton to "Brother," 1859
*Pocket diary with calling cards, 1865
*News article re. surprise party, 1874
*Journal/account book detailing cross country trip (Stonington to California), 1879
*Address given re. cross country trip, 1879
*Maria Stanton calling cards
*Correspondence from Greenwich Academy to Maria Stanton, 1880
*Obituaries/memorials for Maria Stanton, Dec. 1880
*Address of Rev. W. Clift at funeral service of Maria Stanton, 1880
*Letter in praise of Maria Stanton written on the occasion of her death, 1881
*Letter to Y.C. Hall from Emma Smith re. Maria Stanton Memorial, 1883
*Letter from A.H. Davis to Emma Smith re. Maria Stanton History, 1885
*WCTU, State of Connecticut officers, constitution and bylaws
*Program for the 7th Annual Convention of the WCTU in CT, 1882
*Postcards from Maria Stanton to Emma Smith re. WCTU, 1879
*News articles re. WCTU, 1880Collection
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