The Female Industrious Society still continues to ply the needle for purposes of benevolence and charity. In addition to the sum they have annually set apart towards the support of the poor widows belonging to the congregation, they have this year contributed $30 to the Missionary Society, and sent on to New York $50 for the purchase of a stove for the Church.

(Source: The Rev. William N. Hawks, Parochial Report, St. Peter’s, Washington, 1833 Journal of Convention, 25)