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%% Sicffblk Pluc 6 9 Hackney Road , Sib » November , 12 , 1819 . HAVING been acquainted with the Unitarian congregation at Boston from its first existence to the present time , having with pleasure
seen the £ radu * l progress of Unitarianism in that town , and being fully acquainted with the present circumstances and prospects of our brethren there , in compliance with their request , and prompted by the interest I feel in the promotion of truth and
charity , I beg permission , through the medium of your valuable Repository , to submit to the consideration of the Unitarian public , and to recommend to their patronage , the case of the new Unitarian Chapel at Boston .
The above congregation has existed but a few years ; at first it consisted but of a few persons , and , though their number gradually increased , they had to struggle through many difficulties , which , by steady perseverance , they have so far surmounted ,
that , notwithstanding the opposition they encounter from the prejudices of their reputed orthodox neighbours , the prospect of success , of a large and respectable congregation being firmly established , is much greater than the most sanguine of them had dared , till recently , to expect .
When the congregation was collected , by the zealous exertions of their first highly-esteemed minister , Mr . Platts , now of Doncaster , and a chapel became necessary , as , but little money could be raised in . Boston , it was prudent to erect merely a small
place , on the most economical plan . For a considerable time this place has been found too small for the congregation , and there is good reason to think , were it larger , move people would attend , who cannot at present be accommodated ; and the situation
of it ( the best which could be obtained at the time ) has been found very inconvenient . Such being the case , after due deliberation , it has been judged essential to the interests of Unitarianism that a much larger
chapel , in a more eligible situation , should be erected . Accordingly , a parcel of land has been purchased , sufficient for the site of a chapel and a bttrying-ground , in a most convenwmt situation , near the middle of the
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X town , and the shell of a commodious chapel is nearly completed . The estimated evpense of this undertaking is as follows , viz . :
The ground cost - - £ 400 0 0 The erection of a party wall about it - - 40 0 0 Estimated cost of the ehapel 850 0 0 1-290 0 0
Towards the defraying of which , the friends in Boston have raised by their subscriptions - 677 14 6 The value of the shell of tlie
old ehapel was estimated at £ 200 , but it is feared it will not sell for more than 130 O 0 Subscriptions already obtained from friends at a
distance - - 76 3 0 883 17 6 Leaving * a debt , at present unprovided for , according- to the estimate , of - £ 406 2 6
I beg leave , in the name arrd on the behalf of the Unitarian congregation at Boston , to solicit the aid of the Fellowship Funds , and of the Unitarian public , towards the discharging of the above debt , necessarily incurred
for the promotion of a cause which every Unitarian must think highly important . The population of Boston is rapidly increasing , and is at present supposed to amount to 9000 persons . The nearest Unitarian congregation
to Boston is that at JLutton , which is nearly twenty miles distant . The surrounding district is very populous . This undertaking is not-an experiment ; the ground is tried , and the success morally certain . What the friends at Boston have themselves
subscribed is a great proof and pledge of their zeal , and , considering their numbers and circumstances in life , more thau is usually done in such cases . The congregation contains a number of promising young people . It is
hoped , the consideration of these things will recommend this case to the patronage of the liberal friends of Unitarian ism . I am , Sir , very re * spectfully , your and their servant in the gospel , R . WRIGHT , U « Missionary ,
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New Unitarian Chapel at Boston . 687
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1819, page 687, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1778/page/35/
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