(TILTON/BEECHER)

PROCEEDINGS OF THE ADVISORY COUNCIL; of Congregational Churches and Ministers called by the Plymouth Church of Brooklyn, NY., and held in Brooklyn from the 15th to the 24th of February, 1876

NY: A. S. Barnes, 1876. First Edition. 8vo, pp. 370, 28. (The second portion contains references and citations prepared for the convenience of the Brooklyn Council of 1876, ) Bound in original dark brown cloth (worn at the extremities of the spine), a very good plus copy. Item #54407

This is the complete transcript of the meeting to consider the case of Rev. Henry Ward Beecher, the influential minister who was accused of having and adulterus relationship with Elizabeth Tilton, one of his parishoners. This was one of the 19th centuries most lurid and public scandals.

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