Includes the Free Congregational Society of Northampton, Massachusetts, and the Free Congregational Church of Bloomington, Illinois, and other instances of Free Thought. It does not include groups that are schismatic over reform issues, like Wesleyan Methodists, or Progressive Friends
Small advertisement for upcoming lecture in West Chester, with a few notable Temperance speakers. Complete text reads "THE FRIENDS OF TEMPERANCE AND PROHIBITION will meet in HORTICULTURAL HALL, on TUESDAY evening, October 19th. Doors open at 6:30 o’clock, speaking to commence at 7 by CHARLES C. BURLEIGH, JOSIAH R. SYPHER, of Philadelphia, Dr. S. Stebbins, and others. The public are invited to come and hear the issues fairly and candidly discussed.”
Front page of the issue that covers the mob attack on William Lloyd Garrison. The story from the Boston Female Anti-Slavery Society and the poem extolling women's power, as well as a reference to a letter from Angelina Grimké, make this an important document in women's history. It is also prior to Charles C. Burleigh's report of the mob on page 3 (p. 171 in annual page order)
Front view of George Shepard Burleigh and Ruth Burgess Burleigh's home in Little Compton Rhode Island, known as "The Owl's Nest" - from Minnie Spies thesis.
