FURNESS WILLIAM HENRY: (1802-1896) American Clergyman, Theologian & Abolitionist. A.L.S., W H Furnes

FURNESS WILLIAM HENRY: (1802-1896) American Clergyman, Theologian & Abolitionist. A.L.S., W H Furnes

FURNESS WILLIAM HENRY: (1802-1896) American Clergyman, Theologian & Abolitionist. A.L.S., W H Furness, two pages, 8vo, Pine Street, [Philadelphia], 24th April 1890, to [Augusta Emma] Stetson. Furness writes four days after having celebrated a birthday and thanks his correspondent for some flowers ('It was in my heart to acknowledge the lovely tokens more promptly but yr. card got mislaid & so I lost your address'), further stating 'I observed my birthday very appropriately by preaching in the P.M. to a ''Home for Aged Couples'' that we have here' and remarking that he doubts whether he will ever see New England again, but hopes that Stetson will visit him again soon. VG

Augusta Emma Stetson (1842-1928) American religious leader who attempted to supplant Mary Baker Eddy as leader of The First Church of Christ, Scientist. This, her radical theories, and conflicts with other leaders led to Stetson eventually being excommunicated from the church on charges of insubordination and of false teaching.