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Rev. John White writes about conditions in the city of Chillicothe. [Appointed to Eastern Charge of Chillicothe, Chillicothe District. George C. Crum is appointed to the Western Charge]. White reports that he and Crum are "hard at work fighting the devil." Conditions in the town are appalling -- alcohol consumption, breaking of the Sabbath, blasphemy, etc. It is a "sin sickened city." Members of the churches are not much better behaved. Every sort of evil is being practiced. White is critical of the Catholic "factory" in town, where sins are forgiven for "a sixpence." There is a definite class difference in town -- the "aristocracy" and the "second class." Abstract Number - 222
Abstract Number
222
Publication Date
1-14-1844
City
Chillicothe
Keywords
General Ministry; Chillicothe; Sinfulness; Evil; Social Class; Roman Catholicism; Fighting the Devil
Recommended Citation
White, J.W., "Letter from J.W. White to James B. Finley" (1844). Finley Letters. 221.
https://digitalcommons.owu.edu/finley-letters/221