Letter from Reverend Thomas Quinton Stow to Reverend Wells, Finsbury, London, reporting on his church work and the growth of his congregation.

"We have at length begun with out new chapel. On Monday next, I am to lay the first stone. In the meanwhile it has been found necessary to enlarge our present chapel, which has been done solely by my own hands, and is now capable of holding 300 people, though I cannot say that we have so many as that present at one time." D 6518 (L) See transcript for full letter.

Thomas Quinton Stow, South Australia's first Congregational minister served in Adelaide for 19 years. He died in July 1862 in Sydney, but was buried in West Terrace Cemetery, Adelaide and his name was commemorated in the new church. With the opening of the new and larger church the old chapel served a variety of tenants.

Image is of Rev. Stow, B 6849.

Rev. Wales

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SA Memory, Religion in South Australia Hindmarsh Square Congregational Church