Young Ladies Union Society of Danbury (Conn.) record book 1826-1842.
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American Home Missionary Society
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The American Home Missionary Society was formed in 1826 by the Congregational and other Protestant churches to financially assist congregations until they could be self-sufficient. From the description of American Home Missionary Society records, 1825-1837. (Detroit Public Library). WorldCat record id: 663880998 In 1826 the Congregational, Presbyterian, Reformed and Associated Reformed churches formed the American Home Missionary Society to coordinate their national missiona...
Young Ladies Union Society of Danbury (Conn.)
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The Young Ladies Union Society of Danbury, Conn., which had been established around 1817, was a benevolent society primarily comprised of unmarried women, but several young married women and three gentlemen were also members. The society, governed by elected officers (including a librarian), met on a rather irregular basis and sewed things they would then sell, donating the profits to various worthy causes. Gentlemen would typically only appear at the meetings to buy the articles the women had m...