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    as sbali not consist of chattels real , upon trust to be applied towards carrying on the purposes of the said Society ; and I do hereby direct that th « receipt of the Treasurer of the said society for the time being , for the said legacy , shall be a sufficient discharge to my executor for the same .

    N . B . Devises of land , or money charged on land , or to be laid out in land , are void ; but money or stock may be given by will , if not directed to be laid out in the purchase of

    land-Contributions from individuals or congregations ,, will be received by Sir James Esdaile and Co . Messrs . Robarts , Curtis and Co . Lombard Street ; Messrs . Down , Thornton and Free , Bartholomew Lane , London ; Robert Steven ,

    Esq . No . 101 , Upper Thames Street , the Treasurer ; and by the Secretaries , Mr , Thomas Pellatt , Ironmongers' Hall , arid 3 VJr . John Wilks , Hoxton Square ; to either of whom all applications may be addressed .

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    Address . New London Tavern , DbailSih , June 13 , 1811 . The committee of Protestant Dissenters and of other friends to religious liberty , direct us again to address you , and their

    instructions we execute with unaffected pleasure . We acknowledge with gratitude your useful exertions , and as we

    presume that the pecuniary assistance which the liberality of your congregation will undoubtedly bestow towards theexpences which have been incurred , and towards the establishment of the society to which our former letter alluded , fcas been withheld only until the

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    plan of that society was transmitted \ we have the honour to inclose that plan for your consideration . Before we invite your attention to that plan , we must again congratulate you on the attachment to the principles of religious liberty which all our friends have nobly displayed , and which in many

    animated and pious resolutions they have eloquently avowed . Throughout the empire manly energy , directed by Christian wisdom and moderation , has been

    exerted , and the most enthusiastic but judicious efforts have demonstrated that the sacred regard to the rights of conscience , which distinguished our venerated

    ancestors , remains unabated in the hearts of their posterity . On this occasion the propelling or attractive force of apprehended danger

    and of sacred principles , has beaten down the barriers of prejudice , by which Dissenters were separated , and has amalgamated them into a mass , which we trust will never

    be broken . This temporary union has produced a desire , unanimously expressed , that such advantages should permanently continue , and we have been encouraged to promote their perpetuity by the immediate institution of the new society .

    The Plan will explain the name , the objects , and the organization of that association . The society is not to be a party , or local combination , but a national union of all congregations friendly to

    religious liberty ; and will include every congregation , of ever y denomination , assembling under the Acts of Toleration . It has , therefore been designated by an appellation , which we hope will be es-

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    Toleration Act * 355

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), June 2, 1811, page 355, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2417/page/35/