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has succeeded in establishing a Unitarian place of worship at that place . This gentleman ' s name is not unknown to English Unitarians . —I need not give you any information of the success of the good cause in the Eastern States ; no doubt you are better
acquainted with it than I am ; from thence the communication is so direct with England , that you can get their news and their publications with greater facility and less expense than we can here . The Allegany Mountains are greater obstacles than the Atlantic Ocean to a free intercourse .
The * ' Unitarian Miscellany" announces the intention of Mr . Wright to come over as a Unitarian Missionary to the United States , if he is encouraged thereto by the next general Fund Meeting in London . Upon this subject , Sir , I would say a few
words , not as presuming to give advice upon the subject of his coming over , but concerning the best means of travelling , and the most likely route to ensure him candid hearers and opportunities of preaching . 1 take it for granted that he will not confine his
labours to the Eastern States , where Unitarianism may be considered as established , but come out into the woods of the great Western wilderness , and preach the simple , yet grand truths of the Christian religion where they were never before heard of . To
do tins he must travel on horseback ; Iris friends at Washington or Baltimore will know how to equip him . His expenses will average about one dollar and a half per day . He will find the court-houses at all county-toicns open to him , and the news of a strange preacher , in a very little time , bring him a numerous audience . If he
comes into the West , I should like to be informed of it in time , and 1 would undertake to escort him through the greatest part of this State , say 200 or «*()() miles ( we do ' nt think much of distance here ) . Mr . Jones says , he would undertake to travel with him
across Indiana , either into Kentucky or the Illinois , as he should think lit . The present governor of the State of Kentucky is a Unitarian , and will * , no doubt , be anxious to give any assistance ; and he would meet with a cordial reception at the English settlement in the Illinois , as there arc seve-
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ral zealous Unitarians there- The latter end of August would be the best season to begin travelling on horseback ; the great heats then begin to abate , the roads are good and there is more leisure amongst agriculturists ;
add to which , the weather is generall y settled and fine for September and the two following months . If he should come by the way of Pittsburgh , I could meet him in the north-east part of this State , say at Steubenville , Zanesville , or any other given point . I am the more anxious on this account because
I well know how wearisome it is to ride alone through the interminable woods , and , to a stranger , how difficult , very often , to hit the right tracts or know where and how to ford a river aright . A strange doctrine , by a strange preacher from a strange
country , will no doubt excite much attention ; but , above all things , Sir , Irecommend the distribution of cheap tracts . They leave a memorial of a preacher and his sentiments . They form a resting-point and defence for those who seem inclined to farther
inquiry ; for timid characters , who are afraid to encounter the anathemas of the orthodox while they " halt between two opinions / ' often want such books to encourage their new-formed hopes and to refer their opponents to ,
in answer either to argument or obloquy . We are situated only 40 miles from Columbus , the capital of this State , a town improving very fust ; I could very much wish Mr . W . was to be preaching there when the
legislature was sitting ; the sessions generally commence in November . We have many English families settled directly around us , chiefly from Yorkshire . We have established an
inquiring or debating society , which has brought upon us the reproach ot many of the preachers about here . It has excited much attention , and when the Unitarian books arrive , I mean to establish a gratuitous circulating library , which 1 think will be better than
giving them away , as I can then see they are taken care of , and I know 1 shall have plenty of readers , as many are anxious for their arrival . 1 shall forward about one-half of them t 0 .
Mr . Jones , for his books also are all worn out ; and he is very anxious ior a supply . I hope another winter to
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302 Letter from Mr Amphlett , Sfc .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), May 2, 1822, page 302, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2512/page/46/
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