[FURNESS, William]

A SERMON OCCASIONED BY THE DESTRUCTION OF PENNSYLVANIA HALL; and delivered the Lord's Day Following, May 20, 1838 in the First Congregational Church by the pastor. Printed not published

Philadelphia: Clark, 1838. First Edition. 8vo, pp. 12. Bound in printed wraps (chipped and mounted on stiff paper). A very good copy. Sabin 26238. Item #57295

Pennsylvania Hall was built from donations of members of the abolitionist community. The hall was used for only four days before it was sacked and burned by a reactionary crowd. During the third day of the hall's exisence, it was used by the Anti-Slavery Convention of American Women.

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