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 UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA 
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 LIBRARY 
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 [ITY CHURCH HOME 
 
 1894
 
 
 
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 TRINITY CHURCH HOME 
 
 CHARTER, DEED OF TRUST, 
 
 CONSTITUTION, 
 BY-LAWS OF THE ALMONERS, 
 
 Rules for the Government of the Home, 
 
 ANNUAL REPORTS FOR 1893 
 
 AND 
 
 LIST OIF STJBSOIRIIBEIRS-
 
 Corporation of Trinity Church Home. 
 
 President, 
 Rev. EDWIN HARWOOD, D.D. 
 
 Vice-President, 
 Mr. WILLIAM W. FARNAM. 
 
 Treasurer, 
 Mr. GARDNER MORSE, JR. 
 
 Secretary, 
 Mr. CHARLES B. GILBERT. 
 
 Finance Committee. 
 Mr. CHARLES E. GRAVES. 
 Mr. GEORGE H. TUTTLE. 
 
 CORPORA TORS. 
 
 Rev. EDWIN HARWOOD, D.D. Mrs. MARIA N. TAYLOR. 
 
 Miss S. M. EDWARDS. Mrs. GEORGE H. TUTTLE. 
 
 Mr. GARDNER MORSE. Mrs. S. A. BASSETT. 
 
 Mrs. T. H. BISHOP. Mr. WILLIAM W. FARNAM. 
 
 Miss SARAH A. MORSE. Mr. CHARLES E. GRAVES. 
 
 Mrs. CHARLES E. GRAVES. Mr. GEORGE H. TUTTLE. 
 
 Miss C. S. EDWARDS. Mr. A. HEATON ROBERTSON. 
 
 Mrs. WILLIAM W. FARNAM. MR. WILLIAM W. WHITE. 
 
 Miss S. G. HOTCHKISS. MR. GARDNER MORSE, JR. 
 
 Miss MARY L. BOOTH. MR. CHARLES B. GILBERT.
 
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 THE TRINITY CHURCH HOME 
 
 CHARTER. 
 
 GENERAL ASSEMBLY, MAY SESSION, 1862. 
 
 Upon the petition of the Rector and Wardens of Trinity Church 
 in New Haven, praying for the incorporation of an Associa- 
 tion to be known as the TRINITY CHURCH HOME, in 
 NEW HAVEN, Resolved by this Assembly, 
 
 SECTION I. 
 
 That the Rev. Edwin Harwood, W. W. Boardman, 
 Joseph E. Sheffield, Andrew L. Kidston, Frederick 
 J. Betts, Gardner Morse, Stephen D. Pardee, Nathan- 
 iel Booth, James M. Mason, Mary E. Edwards, and 
 Sarah M. Edwards, all of the city and county of 
 New Haven, and such other persons as shall be 
 associated with them hereafter, according to their 
 Constitution and By-Laws, be and they hereby are 
 constituted and created a body politic and corporate, 
 by the name of " THE TRINITY CHURCH HOME," and 
 by that name they and their associates and successors 
 shall have perpetual succession, and be and remain 
 a body politic and corporate forever. 
 
 SECTION II. 
 
 The Trinity Church Home is created for the pur- 
 pose of establishing and maintaining in the city of 
 New Haven, a refuge for the poor and friendless 
 members of Trinity Parish, and such others as the 
 board of managers may think entitled to its benefits. 
 
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 The first meetings of said corporation shall be held 
 at such time and place as shall be appointed by the 
 Rector of Trinity Parish, in a written notice to the 
 several corporators named in the first section hereof. 
 
 SECTION III. 
 
 The Trinity Church Home shall have power to 
 sue and to be sued, plead and be impleaded, answer 
 and be answered unto, appear and prosecute to final 
 judgment, in any court or elsewhere ; to have a 
 common seal, and to alter the same at pleasure ; to 
 elect, in such manner as the Corporation shall deter- 
 mine, all such officers and servants as they may 
 deem expedient, and specify and define their duties ; 
 to ordain and establish a constitution and by-laws 
 for the government of their affairs, not inconsistent 
 with the laws of this State, and to alter and repeal 
 the same at pleasure ; to receive and hold any estate, 
 real or personal, by subscription, gift, grant, devise, 
 in trust or otherwise, purchase or bequest, and the 
 same to improve, lease, exchange, or sell and con- 
 vey : and the same shall be exempt from taxation, so 
 long as the same, or the avails thereof, shall be laid 
 out and expended solely for the purposes named in 
 the second section of this resolve. Provided, that 
 said Corporation shall not hold at any one time, real 
 estate of a greater annual value than Five Thousand 
 Dollars. 
 
 SECTION IV. 
 
 This resolution may be amended, altered, or re- 
 pealed, at the pleasure of the General Assembly.
 
 The Deed of Trust. 
 
 Having for many years entertained the feeling 
 that it is the Christian duty of all such as have been 
 prospered in their worldly affairs, to do something 
 toward relieving the wants of the poor and unfor- 
 tunate, and thus contribute to the general welfare of 
 the community in which he lives, I am moved, now 
 in the time of excellent health, for which I devoutly 
 thank God, to employ a portion of my time (if 
 further spared) this and the ensuing year, in erecting 
 for poor children, chiefly females, a spacious and 
 comfortable school building, with apartments for 
 the teachers and a Chaplain (if one should be em- 
 ployed) for the occupancy and use of the " Parish 
 School of Trinity Church " of this City, a corporate 
 institution already existing and in operation in 
 the Parish of Trinity Church. And on the same 
 grounds (in George street, recently purchased of 
 the Misses Edwards) a convenient, comfortable and 
 appropriate building for the occupancy and use of 
 the " Trinity Church Home " of this City, also a cor- 
 porate institution already in successful operation 
 within said parish. And midway between these two 
 buildings a convenient and appropriate Chapel, to be 
 known as, and called " Trinity Chapel," for the use 
 and benefit of both the aforesaid institutions ; all of 
 which, together with the land on which they are 
 erected, I propose to present and convey to the 
 Corporation of Trinity Church, New Haven, in trust, 
 for the use and benefit of the aforesaid institutions,
 
 on such conditions, and under such stipulations as 
 are made and set forth in the following deed of 
 conveyance. 
 
 Now therefore, Know all men by these presents? 
 That I, Joseph E. Sheffield, of New Haven in the 
 State of Connecticut, in consideration of the fore- 
 going premises, and divers other important consid- 
 erations thereunto me moving, and in further con- 
 sideration of One Dollar in hand, do hereby grant, 
 sell, and convey to the Parish of Trinity Church of 
 New Haven, their Wardens and Vestry, and their 
 successors forever, in trust as aforesaid, all that 
 certain piece and parcel of land in this city on the 
 north side of George street, between College and 
 High streets, bounded as follows, viz : commencing 
 one hundred and ninety-eight (198) feet and three (3) 
 inches from the northwest corner of College and 
 George streets, running northerly ninety (90) feet, 
 thence easterly forty-eight (48) feet, thence northerly 
 again, along the lands of Gad Day and others, 
 ninety (90) feet and six (6) inches, thence westerly 
 along the lands of Arthur D. Osborne, Thomas B. 
 Osborne, Wilson Booth and others, one hundred and 
 forty (140) feet, thence southerly along the lands of 
 Curtis J. Monson eighty-five (85) feet and nine (9) 
 inches, thence easterly forty-eight (48) feet, thence 
 southerly to George street ninety (90) feet, thence 
 easterly along George street forty-one (41) feet to 
 the place of beginning, being all the rear part of the 
 aforesaid lot, with a passageway or court of forty-one 
 (41) feet more or less on George street, leading to 
 the buildings.
 
 Provided, however, and it is distinctly a condition 
 of this conveyance, that the building now in process 
 of erection, known and intended to be known as 
 the " Trinity Church Home " for aged, infirm and 
 indigent females, situated on the northwest portion 
 of the grounds, together with so much of the ground 
 or yard as lies between said building and the Chapel, 
 and also between said building and the front lots, 
 being ninety (90) feet from George street, shall be 
 occupied and used, solely and forever, for the pur- 
 poses named and set forth in the act of incorpora- 
 tion of said " Church Home," and for no other 
 purpose, under such conditions and regulations as 
 are and may be made and established, from time to 
 time, by the directors and managers of that humane 
 institution. 
 
 And it is especially stipulated that the inmates of 
 the said " Church Home " shall always have reserved 
 seats in the aforesaid Chapel when finished, and free 
 and easy access to them, on all the customary services 
 of the church. 
 
 Provided further, That the Wardens and Vestry of 
 Trinity Church shall annually choose from their num- 
 ber, a committee of five (5) including the Rector, to 
 be called the " Parish School Committee " (two of 
 whom shall be their own Wardens), whose duty it 
 shall be to consult, cooperate with, and assist the 
 corporators and managers of the Parish School in 
 regulating and conducting the affairs of said school 
 for which the building is now being built, and the 
 Chapel thereof ; to advise in the employment of 
 teachers and a chaplain (if one should be employed)
 
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 or both ; and may at their discretion rent so many of 
 the Pews or Slips of said Chapel as they may deem 
 advisable, not exceeding thirty (30) and at prices not 
 exceeding twenty (20) dollars a year for ten (10) ; 
 ten (10) dollars a year for ten (10) others ; and five 
 (5) dollars a year for ten (10) others, reserving 
 always pews enough next nearest the chancel for 
 the inmates of the Home and the children and 
 teachers of the Parish School, and appropriate the 
 income of said rented pews in aid of the Chap- 
 lain's salary, and the necessary expenses and repairs 
 of the Chapel and school building. And it is fur- 
 ther stipulated and enjoined, and made a part of the 
 consideration of this conveyance, that the corpora- 
 tion of the Parish School, before possessing or 
 occupying the building now being built for the 
 School shall vote to continue to apply the income 
 of the funds of said corporation (the most of which 
 were contributed by me) together with the income 
 of all future donations they may receive for the use 
 and benefit of the School, solely and exclusively to 
 the payment of the salaries of teachers and chaplain 
 when one is employed (all of whom are expected to 
 reside in the building thus prepared for them), and 
 for necessary expenses and repairs of the school 
 building and chapel. 
 
 And it is further stipulated, and it shall be the 
 duty of the afore-mentioned " Parish School Com- 
 mittee," to keep an account of all income and 
 expenditures of and for said Parish School and 
 Chapel, and report the same with the vouchers there- 
 for annually to the Wardens and Vestry of Trinity
 
 Church at some meeting thereof immediately pre- 
 ceding their annual meeting. 
 
 And it is especially stipulated, and made a part of 
 the consideration of this conveyance, that if at any 
 time the said property hereby conveyed, or any part 
 thereof, shall be discontinued for the uses and pur- 
 poses of said institutions according to their several 
 charters of incorporation as set forth in this deed, 
 or be converted or diverted to any other use or 
 occupation, then this conveyance shall be null and 
 void, and the said property shall revert to me or my 
 right heirs. And for the purpose of convenient 
 reference, in order that the several conditions and 
 stipulations set forth in this deed may not be lost 
 sight of or misunderstood, it is made the duty of the 
 Wardens and Vestry of Trinity Church to have it 
 plainly transcribed into their Parish records. 
 
 It is with a strong hope and belief that the Parish 
 School, after the new buildings are completed and 
 occupied, will commend itself to the especial favor 
 of the Rector of Trinity Church, and the members 
 of the Parish and congregation. And that the 
 " Church Home " for worthy, infirm and indigent 
 ladies, will hereafter be moderately endowed by 
 some of the wealthy and kind-hearted members of 
 the Parish, so that a permanent income for it, to 
 some extent at least, may be relied upon, which 
 income, together with the annual subscriptions, and 
 the weekly and monthly contributions of the ladies 
 of the Parish as at present, will insure to its worthy 
 and unfortunate inmates all the bodily and spiritual 
 comforts which it is the bounden duty of every
 
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 Christian community to provide for the sick and 
 needy, that I now make this conveyance. 
 
 To have and to hold the said premises to them, the 
 said Wardens and Vestry, and their successors for- 
 ever, for the use and benefit of The Parish School of 
 Trinity Church, and The Trinity Church Home, 
 respectively in manner above set forth. 
 
 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand 
 and seal this 24th day of July, A. D. 1868. 
 
 JOS. E. SHEFFIELD. [SEAL.] 
 
 Signed, sealed and delivered 
 in presence of 
 
 JOHN S. BEACH. 
 FRANCIS WAYLAND. 
 
 NEW HAVEN COUNTY, ss. i 
 New Haven, July 24th, 1868. \ 
 
 Personally appeared, Joseph E. Sheffield, signer 
 and sealer of the foregoing instrument, and acknowl- 
 edged the same to be his free act and deed, before me. 
 
 FRANCIS WAYLAND, 
 
 Notary Public.
 
 Subsequent Article. 
 
 STATE OF CONNECTICUT, j 
 
 CITY AND COUNTY OF NEW HAVEN, ss. \ 
 
 Whereas, I the undersigned, Joseph E. Sheffield, 
 of the City and County of New Haven, State of 
 Connecticut, have heretofore executed a deed of 
 trust, bearing date the 24th day of July, A. D. 1868, 
 to the Corporation of Trinity Church, New Haven, 
 in trust for the Corporation of the " Parish School 
 of Trinity Church," and the Corporation of the 
 "Trinity Church Home," in which deed of trust the 
 contingency of a chaplain being employed for said 
 two last named institutions is contemplated, but no 
 designation is made by which said three corporations 
 such chaplain if one should be employed is to be 
 elected, or appointed ; 
 
 Now therefore, I do hereby, in furtherance of the 
 due and proper observance of the trusts specified in 
 said deed of trust, declare and provide, that said 
 chaplain if one should be employed shall be 
 elected and appointed by the Parish of Trinity 
 Church. 
 
 In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand 
 and seal, at New Haven, the 26th day of November, 
 A. D. 1869. 
 
 JOS. E. SHEFFIELD. [SEAL.] 
 
 Signed and sealed in the 
 presence of 
 
 EDWARD A. RAY. 
 DENNIS A. KIMBERLY.
 
 CONSTITUTION. 
 
 ARTICLE I. 
 Membership. 
 
 SECTION i. The corporation of Trinity Church 
 Home shall consist of the Rev. Edwin Harwood, 
 W. W. Boardman, Joseph E. Sheffield, Andrew L. 
 Kidston, Frederick J. Betts, Gardner Morse, Stephen 
 
 D. Pardee, Nathaniel Booth, James M. Mason, Mary 
 
 E. Edwards, Sarah M. Edwards, and such other per- 
 sons as have been elected members previous to the 
 adoption of this amended constitution. 
 
 SEC. 2. Any person connected with the parish of 
 Trinity Church, may be elected, by ballot, a member 
 of the corporation at any annual meeting thereof, 
 and such members shall be elected from time to 
 time, so that the whole number of corporate mem- 
 bers shall not be less than eleven. 
 
 SEC. 3. Any member who has ceased to be con- 
 nected with Trinity Church parish, or who has not 
 attended the meetings of the corporation for three 
 consecutive years may, by vote of the corporation, 
 be dropped from the list of members. 
 
 SEC. 4. A correct list of the members of the cor- 
 poration shall be kept by the secretary.
 
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 ARTICLE II. 
 Meetings. 
 
 SECTION i. The annual meeting of the corpora- 
 tion shall be held on the first Wednesday in Advent, 
 or on such other day as the president, with the 
 advice of the treasurer and secretary, may appoint, 
 notice of which meeting shall be given in Trinity 
 Church on the Sunday next preceding the day of 
 said meeting. Notice shall also be sent by the sec- 
 retary to each member. 
 
 SEC. 2. Special meetings may be called by the 
 president, and shall be called upon request in 
 writing of three members of the corporation. 
 Notice of special meetings shall be given in the 
 same manner as for the annual meeting. 
 
 SEC. 3. Five shall constitute a quorum for the 
 transaction of business. 
 
 ARTICLE III. 
 Officers. 
 
 SECTION i. The officers of the corporation shall 
 be a president, a vice-president, a secretary and a 
 treasurer. The Rector of Trinity Church shall be 
 ex-officio, president. The remaining officers shall 
 be chosen by ballot at the annual meeting, or at an 
 adjourned meeting thereof, to hold office until the 
 next annual meeting or until their successors are 
 chosen. 
 
 SEC. 2. The president, vice-president, and secre- 
 retary shall respectively perform the duties usually 
 pertaining to those offices.
 
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 SEC. 3. The treasurer shall have charge of the 
 funds of the corporation, shall receive, disburse, 
 and invest the same, as may be required ; shall keep 
 an account of the financial transactions of the year, 
 and submit a full report of the same at the annual 
 meeting, together with an inventory of the property. 
 All investments shall be made by the treasurer, with 
 the advice of the finance committee. 
 
 SEC. 4. The corporation, at its annual meeting, 
 shall appoint a finance committee of at least two 
 members. It shall be the duty of the finance com- 
 mittee to advise with the treasurer as to invest- 
 ments, to audit his accounts, and to examine the 
 securities of the corporation. 
 
 ARTICLE IV. 
 Almoners. 
 
 At its annual meeting, or at an adjourned meeting 
 thereof, the corporation shall appoint ten ladies 
 connected with the parish of Trinity Church, as 
 almoners. These ten almoners shall have power 
 to add to their number, not exceeding ten other 
 almoners, who must also be connected with the 
 parish of Trinity Church. The almoners shall 
 constitute a board of managers for the Home, and 
 its inmates, arrange for soliciting donations, whether 
 of money, food, fuel, or clothing, and the distribution 
 thereof, except that all donations of money, or the 
 representation thereof, shall be placed in the hands 
 of the treasurer of the corporation, to be disposed 
 of in accordance with the terms of the donation.
 
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 The almoners may draw on the treasurer from time 
 to time for such amounts as may be necessary for 
 current expenses from such funds as may be in his 
 hands for that purpose. The almoners shall decide 
 who shall be the beneficiaries of the Home, and 
 upon what terms, when they shall be received and 
 when discharged, and in all cases of disagreement 
 among themselves, the matter may be referred to or 
 inquired into by the corporation. The almoners 
 shall adopt by-laws for their own organization and 
 rules for the government of the Home. Such by- 
 laws and rules and all doings of the almoners shall 
 be subject to the approval of the corporation. The 
 almoners shall present a full report to the corpora- 
 tion at its annual meeting, of their official transac- 
 tions during the preceding year, the changes made 
 in their by-laws and rules, the receipts and expen- 
 ditures of the Home, and their purposes and pros- 
 pects for the future. 
 
 ARTICLE V. 
 
 Any person who may contribute one thousand 
 dollars shall thereupon become a member of the 
 corporation and a patron of the Home and shall be 
 entitled to nominate a beneficiary, subject to the 
 approval of the corporation. 
 
 ARTICLE VI. 
 
 The Rector of Trinity Church shall be, ex-officio, 
 chaplain and visitor of the Home.
 
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 ARTICLE VII. 
 
 This constitution shall not be altered, except such 
 alteration shall have been proposed at one legal 
 meeting, and adopted at a subsequent legal meeting. 
 
 ARTICLE VIII. 
 
 This amended constitution shall go into opera- 
 tion on the date of its adoption, and on the same 
 day officers shall be elected to hold office until the 
 annual meeting on the first Wednesday in Advent, 
 1894, and the existing almoners shall continue in 
 office until the same time. 
 
 ADOPTED JUNE 4th, 1894.
 
 ALMONERS. 
 
 OFFICERS. 
 
 President, Mrs. J. HILLER. 
 ist Vice-President, Mrs. M. J. DAGGETT. 
 2d Vice-President, Mrs. W. W. FARNAM. 
 Secretary, Miss S. M. EDWARDS. 
 Treasurer, Miss S. G. HOTCHKISS. 
 
 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. 
 
 Mrs. MANSFIELD. Miss MORSE. 
 
 Mrs. GRAVES. Miss BOOTH. 
 
 Mrs. DAGGETT. 
 
 ALMONERS. 
 
 Mrs. J. HILLER. Mrs. S. A. BASSETT. 
 
 Mrs. C. E. GRAVES. Mrs. M. J. DAGGETT. 
 
 Mrs. T. H. BISHOP. Mrs. WILLIAM W. FARNAM. 
 
 Mrs. WILLIAM H. LAW. Mrs. GEORGE A. BUTLER. 
 
 Mrs. WILLIAM BEEBE. Miss C. S. EDWARDS. 
 
 Mrs. MARY A. MANSFIELD. Mrs. MARIA N. TAYLOR. 
 
 Miss SARAH A. MORSE. Mrs. GEORGE B. MARTIN. 
 
 Miss SARA G. HOTCHKISS. Miss M. L. BOOTH. 
 
 Miss E. A. ELD. Mrs. DENNING DUER. 
 
 Miss S. M. EDWARDS. Mrs. GEORGE H. TUTTLE.
 
 By-Laws of the Almoners of Trinity 
 Church Home. 
 
 SECTION I. 
 
 A meeting of the almoners shall be held at the 
 Home within one week after their election, at such 
 time as shall be appointed by the president of the 
 corporation ; and at such meeting or subsequent 
 meeting, they may elect additional almoners not to 
 exceed ten. 
 
 SECTION II. 
 
 At a meeting of the almoners called for the pur- 
 pose, they shall choose from their number a presi- 
 dent, two vice-presidents, secretary and treasurer, 
 who shall hold their offices for one year and until 
 others are chosen in their stead. 
 
 SECTION III. 
 
 Regular meetings of the almoners shall be held 
 at the Home on the last Monday in each month, and 
 special meetings may be called at any time by the 
 president, or in case of her absence or inability to 
 act, by either of the vice-presidents.
 
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 SECTION IV. 
 
 Five almoners shall constitute a quorum for the 
 transaction of business at any regular or special 
 meeting. 
 
 SECTION V. 
 
 The business of the meetings shall commence as 
 soon after the hour appointed as a quorum may be 
 present and shall be presented in the following 
 order, viz : 
 
 1. Religious exercises. 
 
 2. Calling of the roll. 
 
 3. Minutes of the last meeting read and approved. 
 
 4. Matron's report. 
 
 5. Visitor's report. 
 
 6. Treasurer's report. 
 
 7. Selection of a monthly visitor. 
 
 8. Miscellaneous business. 
 
 SECTION VI. 
 
 The almoners shall appoint from their number an 
 executive committee of five. It shall be the duty 
 of said committee to obtain from such members of 
 the parish as are able and willing to contribute, 
 donations of money, provisions or other articles, for 
 the use of the Home either annually or oftener, as 
 the wants of the inmates may require, or the con- 
 tributors may decide. 
 
 The executive committee with the monthly vis- 
 itor shall decide any minor difficulties which may 
 arise among the inmates of the Home ; matters of
 
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 consequence to be referred either to the board of 
 almoners or to the corporation for determination. 
 
 SECTION VII. 
 
 No person shall be admitted to the Home as a 
 beneficiary until her application shall have been 
 before the almoners for one month, except in cases 
 of special emergency ; and then be admitted by a 
 vote passed at a regular meeting. 
 
 Preference in all cases shall be given to aged and 
 indigent members of the congregation of Trinity 
 Church ; but applicants may be admitted from other 
 parishes and denominations upon such terms as the 
 board of almoners may prescribe. 
 
 SECTION VIII. 
 
 The almoners shall at each monthly meeting 
 appoint one of their members as visitor for the 
 ensuing month, whose duty it shall be to visit the 
 Home as often as practicable ; not less than twice a 
 week. She shall visit every department, inspect 
 personally the room of each inmate, and make her- 
 self familiar with the details of the Home, taking 
 cognizance of the non-observance of any rule ; and 
 make a faithful report in writing at the monthly 
 meeting of the almoners.
 
 Rules for the Government of Trinity 
 Church Home. 
 
 RULE I. 
 
 The matron shall have entire charge of the house 
 under the direction of the almoners, and keep every 
 department within and around the house in good 
 order. She must have a watchful care of every 
 inmate of the family, and without partiality faith- 
 fully administer to the wants and comforts of each, 
 as their several circumstances may require. She 
 shall have the hiring of the servants and the order- 
 ing of them. She is to enforce the rules of the 
 house, to be present at meals, to see that they are 
 properly served, proper order observed at table, and 
 ask a blessing at each meal. If improper conduct is 
 observed in any member of the family, she is to 
 report the same to the executive committee. She 
 must keep a record of every article that is sent to 
 the Home, whether purchases or donations, and by 
 whom sent, in a book provided for that purpose. 
 She is to make from time to time a list of whatever 
 supplies are needed and give it to the executive 
 committee. She is also to make a monthly report to 
 the almoners respecting the state of the Institution, 
 not neglecting the breach of any of the rules by any 
 inmate of the house.
 
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 RULE II. 
 
 It will be required of those who are able, to make 
 their own beds and sweep their own rooms, keeping 
 them thoroughly neat, under the direction of the 
 matron ; also to sew and knit and assist in such 
 domestic duties as the matron may require, render- 
 ing such service as they can for the benefit of the 
 Institution and for the comfort of those more help- 
 less than themselves. 
 
 RULE III. 
 
 The breakfast bell shall be rung at seven o'clock, 
 dinner will be served at half past twelve, and tea at 
 half past five. The same conduct must be observed 
 at table as in any well regulated family. The 
 matron will preside, carve the meat and help the 
 inmates, and all who are able must attend the gen- 
 eral table punctually at the appointed hours. If 
 unable to attend, a suitable meal will be sent to their 
 rooms. 
 
 RULE IV. 
 
 Family prayers shall be offered morning and even- 
 ing by the matron, at which each member of the 
 family who is able is required to attend. Services 
 are also held twice a week by the chaplain at which 
 also attendance is required. 
 
 RULE V. 
 
 The matron shall have entire control of the lights, 
 seeing that the gas is lighted and extinguished at the 
 hours specified in the rules. It shall be lighted
 
 every evening in the side halls and parlor where the 
 inmates can assemble. At nine o'clock p. M., the gas 
 in the halls shall be lowered as much as possible and 
 so remain during the night ; at the same hour, the gas 
 may be lighted in each bed-room and burn for half 
 an hour, but must then be extinguished by the 
 matron. 
 
 RULE VI. 
 
 Washing and ironing must not be done by the 
 inmates except by special permission, and none of 
 the inmates will be allowed to go into the kitchen 
 unless requested by the matron to assist in the work. 
 
 RULE VII. 
 
 No inmate of the Home will be permitted to enter 
 the room of any other occupant without her per- 
 mission ; and no room must be locked at night. 
 
 RULE VIII. 
 
 No solid thing must be thrown into the slop pails 
 or wash basins, neither papers, bits of cloth, thread, 
 hair, matches, or anything else that will clog the 
 pipes. Nothing whatever may be thrown into the 
 bath-tub. It must be used for bathing alone. 
 
 RULE IX. 
 
 The inmates will not be allowed to interfere or 
 find fault with the matron ; but if any think they 
 have cause of complaint, they must apply to the ex- 
 ecutive committee who will take such action thereon
 
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 as they may deem proper. All difficulties among the 
 inmates must be referred to the almoners for settle- 
 ment, and the parties must abide by their decision 
 or leave the Home. No inmate may interfere with 
 those to whom a particular portion of house-work is 
 assigned in a way to prevent the proper performance 
 of their duty. If this rule is violated, complaint 
 must be made to the matron. 
 
 RULE X. 
 
 Any inmate desiring to leave the Home to be 
 absent from a meal or over night, must give notice 
 of such intention to the matron as well as where she 
 purposes to go and the probable length of her 
 absence ; and no one must leave the premises after 
 nightfall, without permission : and the house must 
 be closed at an early hour. 
 
 RULE XL 
 
 In order to preserve harmony in the house, the 
 strictest attention must be paid to the rules. For 
 the first violation, there will be an admonition ; for 
 the second, a complaint will be made to the al- 
 moners ; and for the third, the offender may be 
 dismissed from the Home.
 
 Annual Report of the Secretary of the 
 Almoners. 
 
 Our report for the year last passed, closes what 
 has been, in some respects, one of the most eventful 
 years that we have ever known. From its begin- 
 ning, the Angel of Death has hovered over our 
 Church Home, and entering, has at every season 
 removed one and another of its members, until no 
 less than four have passed into another World. 
 
 In January, Miss Wadsworth, who had been in the 
 Home since 1886, breathed her last on her 83d birth- 
 day ; in life and death blessing the Home for all it 
 had done for her. She was long a sufferer, patient, 
 and uncomplaining. In April, her death was fol- 
 lowed by that of Miss Henrietta Tallmadge, who 
 had been in the Home since 1871 a period of 
 twenty-two years. For years deprived of sight, 
 which made it impossible for her to read, or sew, or 
 do anything useful, life had long been a burden to 
 her, and she was ready to welcome with joy the 
 summons to depart, and join those, especially the 
 lamented sister, with whom she had so long been 
 knit together in the " one Communion and Fellow- 
 ship." 
 
 In June occurred the death of Miss Sarah Whit- 
 comb, who, entering in May 1892, had been with us 
 but little more than a year. Miss W. had been a 
 life-long member of the Methodist Society, and her 
 funeral took place from the Methodist church on
 
 the afternoon of the i4th June. Services were 
 previously held at the Home by the Methodist min- 
 ister, Rev. Mr. Williams, who took occasion to speak 
 in highest terms of commendation of our Church 
 Home, which had been such a home of rest a real 
 Christian home, to Miss Whitcomb, during the last 
 year of her life. 
 
 In October, our death list closes with the death of 
 Miss Olive Elizabeth Canfield, the pitiable melan- 
 choliac who for five years had been with us, without 
 one ray of hope or brightness illuminating her 
 darkened soul. It is to be hoped, that in the joy of 
 her Lord she found the light and brightness which 
 had so long been denied her on earth. 
 
 It will be seen from the above that it has been 
 literally true of the Home this year that " Death has 
 had all seasons for his own " each one of them 
 being marked by the removal of one of the inmates. 
 These removals have caused quite a diminution in 
 our numbers, so that at present, we count only 
 twelve. 
 
 The domestic affairs of the Home are in the hands 
 of the same Matron, Mrs. Gregory, who has served 
 us so long and faithfully, and they are managed as 
 admirably as ever. 
 
 The cases of sickness, during the year, have been 
 unusually great, and the young physician, Dr. Louis 
 B. Bishop, who has attended them, has won golden 
 opinions for his faithfulness and skill. 
 
 The annual reception took place as usual, and 
 was attended by a large number of visitors and 
 remembered by liberal donations. Besides these
 
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 there are monthly donations made by the monthly 
 visitors and other members of the parish, which add 
 greatly to the comfort of the inmates. 
 
 In May, they were made glad by the bountiful 
 dinner provided for them by Mrs. Josephine E. S. 
 Porter in remembrance of her mother's (Mrs. Shef- 
 field's) birthday. It is a day much to be remem- 
 bered by them, and keeps alive their grateful feelings 
 towards her who was their life-long benefactress and 
 friend. A gift of plants for each room, accompanied 
 the good things of the table, and remained as a 
 fragrant memory, after the pleasures of the table 
 were over. 
 
 Easter was made very bright at the Home, this 
 year by many tokens of kindly interest received by 
 the inmates, and by the lovely flowers that were sent 
 by Trinity Church to every one of them ; but it was 
 more especially blessed in the administration by the 
 Chaplain, Rev. Mr. Scoville, of the Holy Com- 
 munion to all who were not able to go out to receive 
 it, comforting those who in their declining years so 
 greatly need such comfort, with the assurance of His 
 blessing Who is the Resurrection and the Life. 
 
 We cannot close our Report without making 
 grateful mention of the gentlemen of the Press, 
 who have furnished the inmates with their paper. 
 For many years it is now more than twenty the 
 Daily Palladium has been left regularly at the door, 
 bringing glimpses of the outside world to the some- 
 what secluded lives of those within, and causing 
 them to hail with joy its appearance. It is passed 
 from room to room and eagerly read by one and all
 
 Treasurer's Report, 1893. 
 
 Interest on Permanent Fund, . . $816.54 
 
 Annual subscriptions, . . . 290.00 
 
 Board of inmates, .... 982.61 
 
 Balance from last year, . . . 275.37 
 
 $2,364-52 
 
 EXPENDITURES. 
 
 Family expenses, .... $1,271.36 
 
 Matron's salary . . . 300.00 
 
 Gas and water, .... 110.40 
 
 Coal, ..... 219.30 
 
 Plumbing and repairs, . . . 72.03 
 
 Balance on hand, . . . 391-43 
 
 $2,364-52
 
 Subscribers to the Home 
 
 For 1893. 
 
 Mrs. C. W. Baldwin, . . $50 
 
 Mrs. S. A. Bassett, ... 5 
 
 Mrs. William Beebe, . . 5 
 
 Miss Emily Betts, ... 5 
 
 Mrs. William W. Boardman, 25 
 
 Mrs. T. H. Bishop, ... 5 
 
 Miss Julia Booth, ... 5 
 
 Miss Mary L. Booth, . . 5 
 
 Mrs. George A. Butler, . 5 
 
 Mrs. Massena Clark, . . 5 
 
 Mrs. Mary J. Daggett, . 5 
 
 Mrs. Denning Duer, . . 5 
 
 Misses Edwards, ... 15 
 
 Miss E. A. Eld, .... 5 
 
 Mrs. Richard M. Everit, . 5 
 
 Mrs. William W. Farnam, 10 
 
 Miss Foster, 5 
 
 Mrs. S. L. Galpin, ... 15 
 
 Mrs. C. E. Graves, ... 5 
 
 Miss S. G. Hotchkiss, . . $5 
 
 Mrs. J. Killer, .... 5 
 
 Miss Hillhouse, . . . . 10 
 
 Mrs. William H. Law, . 5 
 
 Mrs. C. P. Lineaweaver, . 5 
 
 Miss Linzee, 5 
 
 Mrs. M. A. Mansfield, . 10 
 
 Mrs. George B. Martin, . 5 
 
 Mrs. Willis E. Miller, . . 2 
 
 Mrs. F. A. Monson, . . 5 
 
 Miss S. A. Morse, ... 8 
 
 Miss Orton, 2 
 
 Mr. John H. Phillips, . . 3 
 
 Mrs. J. B. Robertson, . . 15 
 
 Mrs. Maria N. Taylor, . 5 
 
 Mrs. George H. Tuttle, . 5 
 
 Mrs. Lizzie Ward, ... 5 
 
 Mrs. C. P. Wurts, ... 5
 
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