Boston, Oct. 13,
1835.
Mr. Gulliver,
Sir: Such is
the state of public feeling with regard to Mr. Thompson, and so great, so very
great is the probability, that if he attempt to deliver an address to-morrow
afternoon, it cannot but be productive of disastrous consequences, to what
extent it is impossible to foretell; and being wholly unwilling to jeopardize
my property and that of others entrusted to my care—
I Hereby Give Notice
to you and all concerned, (that unless good and satisfactory bonds to the
amount of dollars 10,000, can be given to make good all damages,) that the
meeting of the Female Abolition Society, for the purpose of hearing an address
from Mr. Thompson, in Congress (late Julien) Hall, is Forbid; and that I shall take
measures, by having proper officers on the ground, to prevent all assembling
together for that purpose.
As a specimen of the feelings of the community generally on
the subject, I refer you to the Boston Com. Gazette of this day, and also
express my belief that it is the determination of (not the rabble,) but the
most influential and respectable men in the community, to make trouble to-morrow
should Mr. T. hold forth.
Your ob't serv't,
J. M. Allen.
SOURCE: Boston Female Anti Slavery Society, Report of the Boston Female Anti Slavery
Society; With a Concise Statement of Events, Previous and Subsequent to the
Annual Meeting of 1835, p. 10-11
