Receipt for a church pew at the meeting house of the New Universalist Society
Description
This receipt is for a church pew, purchased by an ancestor of the Cate family, James Cate. Purchasing or renting pews was a mark of membership in a church community, and was often a matter of pride. Henry O. Upton married Elizabeth Cate in 1853, linking the two families and making this document the oldest in our Upton collection.