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to President Green, Whitesboro

4 April 1849

Smith, Gerrit, 1797-1874

Addresses a chief difference: "You have none, whilst I have the utmost confidence, in the capabilities of the masses to take care of themselves."

GLC04717.48
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[Resolutions passed unanimously by the Church of Peterboro]

1 June 1849

Smith, Gerrit, 1797-1874

Resolutions open fellowship to "christians of every name and type," uphold the Sabbath, etc.

GLC04717.49
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At the meeting of the "Church of Peterboro," held July 7th, 1849, the following Resolutions were passed, without a dissenting voice...

7 July 1849

Smith, Gerrit, 1797-1874

Accuses a clerk and store owner who sell liquor as being "out of...place" for preaching the gospel. A second resolution attests that no members of the Church of Peterboro are guilty of voting for anti-abolitionists or drinking intoxicating liquors....

GLC04717.50
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To the Church of Peterboro

20 July 1849

Smith, Gerrit, 1797-1874

Uses an allegory of a tea, coffee, and liquor merchant to illustrate that "the wickedness in one branch... taints with wickedness every other branch..."

GLC04717.51
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Printed letter

to Hiram P. Crozier, New York

9 August 1849

Smith, Gerrit, 1797-1874

Defends the Resolutions of the Church of Peterboro, which Crozier criticized. Chastises Crozier for running a store that sells liquor, declaring "iniquity, permitted in one of the branches of the store, stamps the whole store with iniquity."...

GLC04717.52

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