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This silver tea set was given to Reverend Joseph E. and Nancy Jane (McPherson) Hopkins for their 25th wedding anniversary in 1903. The couple moved to Kansas from Illinois in the late 1870s. Their religious service took them to a number of churches around the state. In 1903, they served at the Methodist Church in Sedan where church members presented them with this tea service for their silver wedding anniversary. The set was put to good use the following year when the Hopkins hosted temperance advocate Carry A. Nation for lunch at their home.
Date: 1903
Item Number: 224816
Call Number: 2010.59.1
KSHS Identifier: 2010.59.1
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Religion - Ministers
Collections - Museum
Community Life - Events and Celebrations - Anniversaries
Community Life - Religion - Christianity - Methodist
Date - 1900s - 1903
Government and Politics - Reform and Protest - Prohibition and temperance
Objects and Artifacts - Tools & Equipment for Materials - Food Service - Service, Tea
People - Notable Kansans - Nation, Carry Amelia,1846-1911
Places - Cities and towns - Sedan
Places - Counties - Chautauqua
Type of Material - Objects and Artifacts
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