Writing box, Elizabeth Bennett's writing box, 1873

Historical information

Writing box presented to Elizabeth Ann Bennett for her work to reopen St Paul's Anglican Church Linton, after it closed for lack of funds. Miss Bennett raised 80 pounds from a collection among the miners to pay the stipend.

Physical description

Black and gold writing box with gold lettering on lid.

Inscriptions & markings

On lid: "Presented to Elizabeth Ann Bennett by the Revd. R. Johnson Mercer and the congregation of St Paul's Church, Linton, 1873".

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