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
first edition
1838 · Philadelphia
by [FURNESS, William]
Philadelphia: Clark, 1838. First Edition. 8vo, pp. 12. Bound in printed wraps (chipped and mounted on stiff paper). A very good copy. Sabin 26238. 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. (Inventory #: 57295)