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Smith, Gerrit, 1797-1874 Religion of reason, no. 4. The one test of character. A discourse by Gerrit Smith, in Peterboro, July twenty-second, 1860.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04717.07 Author/Creator: Smith, Gerrit, 1797-1874 Place Written: New York, New York Type: Pamphlet Date: 1860 Pagination: 1 v. : 24 p. : Height: 22.8 cm, Width: 14.8 cm Order a Copy

Published in New York City by Ross & Tousey. In closing, Smith writes, "The morals and manners of a church should be such, as to realize our highest conceptions of human dignity... Church of Peterboro! Be true to your own God at the approaching Election. He is not your God, who would have men vote for candidates who are in favor of a white man's Party, and of excluding the black man from suffrage and citizenship." Bound in a yellow paper cover.

Smith, Gerrit, 1797-1874
Ross & Tousey

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