Letter. New York, 1845 November 5 to Isaac Braithwaite, Kendal, England / James B. Parsons.

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Parsons, James B. Letter. New York, 1845 November 5 to Isaac Braithwaite, Kendal, England / James B. Parsons.

Letter. New York, 1845 November 5 to Isaac Braithwaite, Kendal, England / James B. Parsons.

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Accepts condolences on the loss of his child, but birth of another. Silas Cornell and business placed with Lindley Murray Moore, a Rochester attorney re collection of rent on his property. States that he met with English Friends Jeremiah Forster, George Stacey, William Forster and John Allen who were sent from London Yearly Meeting to try to heal the breach between New York Anti-Slavery Friends which had separated from the main body of Friends after disagreements on slavery. The English Friends were traveling and speaking in Indiana. A circular relating to them stated the London Committee was conducting interviews and were satisfied "at finding Friends doing more for the coloured people than they (the committee) had anticipated," but that their mission was "solely to annihilate the religious society of Anti Slavery Friends." The London Committee seemed not interested in the circumstances causing the separation and George Stacey said he would either have to say that the Society of Friends is infallible or that there would be no justifiable reason to leave the Society of Friends. Josiah Forster said the union of the Society of Friends was much more important than the anti-slavey cause. The president of the Indiana Anti-Slavery society called the London group hypocritical and servile and without the moral courage to withstand the pro-slavery current.

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