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Wednesday, February 26, 2020

Soldiers Monument Project (1884)

Source: Greenwich Graphic. Saturday, June 28, 1884.




The general committee having charge of the project of securing a Soldier's Monument in Greenwich, met Wednesday evening, in Col. Hoyt's office. The committee on design reported progress.

The finance committee reported that the following auxiliaries had been selected: 

Meeting House District, Louisa S. Ritch; Cos Cob, Amelia Mead; Sound Beach, A.A. Marks; Mianus, Lorenzo Finney; North Cos Cob, Elkanah Mead; South Stanwich, Erastus Burns; Banksville, William S. Finch; Round Hill, Amy M. Close; Quaker Ridge, E. Cornelia Mead; North Street, Cornelius Mead; Clapboard Ridge, S. Elbert Mills; Pecks' Land, Paul B. Ferris; Riversville, Susan C. Wilcot; Glenville, Webster Haight; King Street, Sarah Lyon; East Portchester, Jessie S. Wessels; Pemberwick, Joseph H. Marshall.

It was voted that Messrs. Harry Peck, J.E. Russell and Col. H.W.R. Hoyt, to be appointed a committee to prepare an address for publications and distribution, stating the objects and purposes of the committee, and soliciting the aid and co-operation of the public in carrying its purposes into effect.

The next meeting will be held Thursday, evening, July 10th, at 7:30 o'clock.