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 1830-03-07 +TECUMSEH M T --RED #MANUSCRIPT CANCEL & MS 25 RATE--AHMS LETTER 1132/92----TO REV ABSALOM PETERS DD AT AHMS----REPORT OF REV ALANSON DARWIN-----IT IS WITH PLEASURE I AM ENABLED BY THE BLESSING OF GOD, TO STATE TO YOU THAT AT PRESENT, MY MISSION IS IN A GOOD DEGREE PROSPEROUS.AT THIS PLACE THOUGH THERE IS NO REVIVAL, YET THERE IS AN INCREASED ATTENTION TO THE MEANS OF GRACE. OUR MEETINGS ARE MORE FULL. I HAVE HAD EVENING MEETINGS IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE SETTLEMENT WHICH IN GENERAL HAVE BEEN WELL ATTENDED. A FEW WEEKS SINCE I PROPOSED A COURSE OF SERMONS ON TEMPERANCE; BUT BEFORE I HAD GOT HALF THROUGH, THE WORK OF REFORM BEGAN IN EARNEST. MANY HAD ENTIRELY RENOUNCED THE USE OF ARDENT SPIRITS. ONE TAVERN HAS RELINQUISHED THE SALE OF THEM. THE INTRODUCTION OF SPIRITS IN THE SOCIAL CIRCLE HAS BEEN ALMOST ENTIRELY ABANDONED.-----EBACH-WHITFORD AUCTION LOT# 167 $90--WHITFORD 2010 AUCTION LOT# 122 $65--GENEALOGY---5 PGS--Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan--AND PRIVATELY OWNED----ERNIES COLLECTION $90 Date: 1830-03-07 , Associated Pages:(5)