Series: Congregational Churches, 1820-1977
Scope and Content Note: The papers of the First Congregational Churches at Tinmouth and Wallingford, Vermont, where Stephen II was minister, consist of church receipts, a notice of his appointment at Tinmouth, lists of subscribers and amounts pledged or owed, an 1846 annual report, and an undated list of articles for the formation of one of the churches. The Howard branch appears to have collected the records for the First Congregational Church at Benson, Vermont. Included are lists of subscribers and amounts pledged or owed, correspondence and related materials concerning the purchase of a bell, notices of withdrawal of membership, pew assignments, financial records, and other papers. The papers from the First Congregational Church of La Crosse were kept by different Martindales from Stephen III to Katharine. There are early subscription records, receipts, annual reports, pew records, several speeches by Stephen III concerned with the history of the church, correspondence, pamphlets, 1971 copies of the constitution and bylaws, and other papers.

Tinmouth and Wallingford, Vermont, 1825-1847

Benson, Vermont, 1820-circa 1850

La Crosse, Wisconsin, circa 1856-1977