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G.B. Comstock writes to Samuel May stating that if Stephen S. Foster and Abby Kelley Foster could not come to Pascoag on September 5th, they can postpone the meeting until the following week, saying "the 11th & 12th will answer equally well." He promises to make the arrangements "and obtain as extensive a hearing for them as possible." Comstock then remarks that "Our Methodist brethren would as soon see his Satanic Majesty himself in our midst I suppose, as S.S. Foster, for they seem to cherish a most intense hatred towards him." He asserts that "they constantly refuse to repent and be converted to abolitionism."
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2z110v789
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Letter from G.B. Comstock, Pascoag, R[hode] I[sland], to Samuel May, 1852 Aug[ust] 29th
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2z110v789
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title
Letter from G.B. Comstock, Pascoag, R[hode] I[sland], to Samuel May, 1852 Aug[ust] 29th
description
G.B. Comstock writes to Samuel May stating that if Stephen S. Foster and Abby Kelley Foster could not come to Pascoag on September 5th, they can postpone the meeting until the following week, saying "the 11th & 12th will answer equally well." He promises to make the arrangements "and obtain as extensive a hearing for them as possible." Comstock then remarks that "Our Methodist brethren would as soon see his Satanic Majesty himself in our midst I suppose, as S.S. Foster, for they seem to cherish a most intense hatred towards him." He asserts that "they constantly refuse to repent and be converted to abolitionism."
date
["August 29, 1852"]
year
1852
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no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
5978053
creators
Comstock, G. B.
May, Samuel, Jr., 1810-1899
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Anti-Slavery Collection
subjects
Abolitionists--United States--19th century--Correspondence
Antislavery movements--United States--History--19th century
Social reformers--United States--History--19th century
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--United States
Methodist Church--United States--History
Social reformers--United States
May, Samuel, Jr., 1810-1899
Comstock, G. B.
Foster, Stephen S. (Stephen Symonds), 1809-1881
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Correspondence
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1 leaf (1 p.) ; 24 cm.
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Holograph, signed.
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Pascoag, R[hode] I[sland]
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2z110v789
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