...letters from Fr. Putnam...

In the 1880s, the Rector conducted a correspondence about then-current issues with one of his parishioners.  Two letters from that series have survived in the Trinity archives.  Please click below to read a transcription by the current Clerk of the Vestry and keeper of the archives, Alexis Dorf.   (The free Adobe Acrobat Reader™ is required to view these documents.)

to see the transcription of the 1888 letter touching upon economics, temperance, and missions of the church.

to see the transcription of the 1889 letter supporting the rights of women.

to go to our main History page.