The Rector and Mrs. Coit were accompanied on the train from Boston by two of what may be called the original three boys: Horatio R. Bigelow (1856-60) and George B. Shattuck (1856-59), the elder son of the Founder – Frederick C. Shattuck (1856-61), the younger son, being already here. The group arrived at the railway station in Concord on Thursday, April 3, 1856, and rode to St. Paul’s by horse and carriage such as this one, which later became known as “The Millville Express.”

“Henry Coit was not one to leave any hour unimproved. Frederick Shattuck, who was only nine, was allowed to go fishing upon the group’s arrival.. But the two older boys were immediately put to work. At a table in the front parlor, the same table where the Trustees had gathered for their first meeting, George B. Shattuck and Horatio R. Bigelow were assigned compositions, the former on “Adventures of a Lion,” the latter on “Strength of Purpose.” …So the day drew to its close: a simple meal, Mrs. Coit reading aloud (as she would so often do in the years to come) and the Rector saying evening prayers. All this was on April 3, 1856. The psalm appointed for the date included the text, ‘The lot has fallen unto me in a fair ground; yea, I have a goodly heritage.’ We can imagine Henry Coit speaking these words in that small gathering, on that first evening of the first day.”--(Heckscher, p.17)