76 History of Hingham. 



April 24, 1883. 

 My dear Sir, — Before leaving home for a few weeks I ordered the 

 chair and lectern, both of which have stood in our old Parish Church, 

 to be sent to you. . . . 



Yours very truly, 



Maynard W. Currie. 

 To Rev. Charles L. Wells. 



Hingham Rectory, Attleborough. 

 St. Luke's Day, 1883. 

 My dear Sir, — The enclosed extract from our " Deanery Magazine " 

 will show you that we have acted on your acceptance of the proposal 

 contained in my last letter. 



The Chalice and Paten have been on view for the last ten days. It 

 has been suggested that your congregation would like to think that they 

 had been used in the Mother Church, and I propose to use them on 

 Sunday next in the celebration of the Holy Communion. The vessels, in 

 their box, shall then be sent up to London for transmission to Boston. I 

 trust that they will arrive safely, and I know that your people will re- 

 ceive our gift as a token of the brotherly love which we entertain for 

 our kinsmen across the ocean. . . . 



I am with kind regard, 



Yours faithfully, 



Maynard W. Currie. 

 To Rev. Charles L. Wells. 



Mr. Wells resigned in the autumn of 1884, and during the fol- 

 lowing winter the Mission was in charge of Mi-. Walter E. C. 

 Smith, a candidate for Holy Orders in the Episcopal Theological 

 School, at Cambridge. 



Rev. James I. T. Coolidge, D. D., was in charge from 1885 to 

 Nov. 1, 1888, his first sermon being on Whitsunday, 1885. He 

 was graduated at Harvard College in 1838, and received the 

 degree of Doctor of Divinity from Hobart College in 1870. 



Rev. Alsop Leffingwell, the present rector, was born July 23, 

 1858, in Fairfield, Conn. He was graduated at Wesleyan Univer- 

 sity in 1880; entered Berkeley Divinity School, Middletown, 

 Conn., in 1886, from which institution he was graduated, in 1889. 

 He was temporarily connected with the parish Iixuti June to Octo- 

 ber, 1889, and since that time he has been regularly in charge. 



The organization as a parish took place in June, 1885. 



