Receipt acknowledging a $500 contribution to the Mission from local industrialist James J. Hill.
Expense voucher from J.J. Hill’s personal account documenting the $500 contribution to the Mission.
Letter from J.J. Toomey accompanying the $500 contribution.
A letter from Union Gospel Mission board member Angus McLeod, thanking Mr. Hill for his contribution.
Portrait of James J. Hill circa 1915.
The Union Gospel Mission receives a $500 contribution from famed industrialist, railroad builder and Minnesota icon James J. Hill, “to fund charitable work in St. Paul, Minn.”
Photos courtesy of the James J. Hill Library and the New Brighton Area Historical Society.