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1847 September 7 . W[illia]m M. Richards ALS to Rev. Milton Badger; Hamilton, New York.

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Box 60, Small Collections, Folder 36
Abstract:
Agreed to stay in Hamilton for a year without knowing they were reliant on the Home Missionary Society for financial support. Commentary on religious inclinations in the area, leaning towards Baptists largely due to the presence of Madison University. Notes Methodist and Episcopal churches, too. "These denominations absorb almost all the population that are not sold to whiskey and universalism." Distillery and "three high pressure rum taverns" are in the village. "Those that wish to escape election go to the Methodists; those who are afraid of puritanism flee to the Episcopalianism, and the Bap. church offers easy times to those whose money comes and goes hard. So what can you expect of us but that we shall remain as a buoy to show where Congregationalism got shipwrecked." Has a good relationship with the local Baptists. Little hope for a local revival.
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Collection

American Home Missionary Society collection, 1835-1851
Total components 11
Last indexed 2024-06-25