"Holograph, signed with initials. The beginning of this letter is missing. Amos Farnsworth writes that Liberty Hall is finished, and [William] Miller has delivered a course of lectures in it. Dudley Phelps, \"as usual, lectured against him & his doctrines.\" Farnsworth has heard that Edward Beecher is preaching the same sentiments in Boston to crowded houses. Farnsworth reports that \"many here were enraged, & even threatened a mob.\" William Miller announces that Jesus Christ will appear on earth in the year 1844. Farnsworth tells of preparations for the local 4th of July celebrations. As it is a Democratic affair, Amos Farnsworth can consistently make one of the party. Farnsworth says: \"Now had I the gift of tongues, what an admirable chance at the dinner table to give an A.S. [Anti-Slavery] speech.\" He has asked William Lloyd Garrison to lecture in the evening. He was surprised to see so many new faces at the Middlesex County Anti-Slavery meeting; Farnsworth found the reason for this and heard about a letter by Amos A. Phelps to Dudley Phelps, \"calling on him to rally all who were opposed to G[arrison] or the Mass. Society.\" There is a narrow strip of paper attached to page one of this manuscript."
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"Partial letter from Amos Farnsworth, [Groton, Mass.], to Anne Warren Weston, [1839 June 16?]"
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creators
"Farnsworth, Amos, 1788-1861 (Author); Weston, Anne Warren, 1812-1890 (Addressee)"
