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Letter to Editor
December 28, 1832
Morning Star
Limerick, York County, Maine
What is this article about?
Notice of $9.50 received from Elder S. Curtis for the Freewill Baptist Book Concern, followed by a letter from D. Marks urging assistant agents to circulate books and remit payments promptly to address over $5,000 in debts and ensure the concern's permanency for religious edification. Dated Oxford, U.C., Dec. 4, 1832.
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Monies Received for the Book Concern.
Elder S. Curtis, Monmouth, $9 50.
To the Assistant Agents of the Freewill Baptist Book Concern.
Oxford, U. C. Dec. 4, 1832.
My Dear Brethren,
It has been with much labor that the Book Concern has arisen to its present state, and now without your efforts all that has been done will be mostly lost. and this establishment will fail of effecting the good that has been anticipated. And should this happen now, it is doubtful whether in our Connexion an establishment of the kind would soon rise again.
But if you will use the efforts within your power to circulate the books published by the Concern, and make prompt returns, it is hoped the establishment will soon obtain a permanency that will enable its conductors to make its productions rich; and through this means greatly extend the light of truth to the edification of the church and the conversion of souls. The debts for which the Agent is now personally holden, amount to more than five thousand dollars. About $3000 of this money will be due in from four to ten months. And the Agent being called by previous engagements to spend the time in N. Y. and U. Canada, the Book Concern cannot be favored with the advantages it had when he was constantly attending the Quarterly and Yearly Meetings in the eastern States. Much the greater part of the monies that have been paid for the Book Concern have arisen from very small accounts, which to the most of people seem so trifling that they suppose if they were delinquent it would need no apology. If those who have these small sums are dilatory on account of the absence of the Agent, or because they have not their exact accounts, the Book Concern will suffer on account of these delinquencies. It is therefore earnestly requested, that the Assistant Agents, and every friend of the Book Concern, will be diligent to forward to Br Wm. Burr, Limerick, Me. either by mail in current money, or by some safe hand, every sum that is due; and as their accounts are lodged with him, they may depend on their being faithfully credited-and should any happen to send more than is due, the same will be credited accordingly.
D. MARKS.
N. B. Let all who have monies for books or for the Star, unite their remittances, if practicable, in one bill,
D. M.
Elder S. Curtis, Monmouth, $9 50.
To the Assistant Agents of the Freewill Baptist Book Concern.
Oxford, U. C. Dec. 4, 1832.
My Dear Brethren,
It has been with much labor that the Book Concern has arisen to its present state, and now without your efforts all that has been done will be mostly lost. and this establishment will fail of effecting the good that has been anticipated. And should this happen now, it is doubtful whether in our Connexion an establishment of the kind would soon rise again.
But if you will use the efforts within your power to circulate the books published by the Concern, and make prompt returns, it is hoped the establishment will soon obtain a permanency that will enable its conductors to make its productions rich; and through this means greatly extend the light of truth to the edification of the church and the conversion of souls. The debts for which the Agent is now personally holden, amount to more than five thousand dollars. About $3000 of this money will be due in from four to ten months. And the Agent being called by previous engagements to spend the time in N. Y. and U. Canada, the Book Concern cannot be favored with the advantages it had when he was constantly attending the Quarterly and Yearly Meetings in the eastern States. Much the greater part of the monies that have been paid for the Book Concern have arisen from very small accounts, which to the most of people seem so trifling that they suppose if they were delinquent it would need no apology. If those who have these small sums are dilatory on account of the absence of the Agent, or because they have not their exact accounts, the Book Concern will suffer on account of these delinquencies. It is therefore earnestly requested, that the Assistant Agents, and every friend of the Book Concern, will be diligent to forward to Br Wm. Burr, Limerick, Me. either by mail in current money, or by some safe hand, every sum that is due; and as their accounts are lodged with him, they may depend on their being faithfully credited-and should any happen to send more than is due, the same will be credited accordingly.
D. MARKS.
N. B. Let all who have monies for books or for the Star, unite their remittances, if practicable, in one bill,
D. M.
What sub-type of article is it?
Persuasive
Informative
Religious
What themes does it cover?
Religion
Commerce Trade
What keywords are associated?
Book Concern
Freewill Baptist
Debts
Remittances
Religious Publishing
Assistant Agents
What entities or persons were involved?
D. Marks
To The Assistant Agents Of The Freewill Baptist Book Concern
Letter to Editor Details
Author
D. Marks
Recipient
To The Assistant Agents Of The Freewill Baptist Book Concern
Main Argument
urges assistant agents to exert efforts to circulate books and make prompt remittances to sustain the book concern, which faces over $5,000 in debts, to prevent failure and continue promoting religious truth and edification.
Notable Details
Debts Exceed Five Thousand Dollars, With $3000 Due In 4 10 Months
Agent Engaged In N.Y. And U. Canada, Absent From Eastern Meetings
Remit To Br Wm. Burr, Limerick, Me.
Small Accounts Often Delinquent
N.B. Unite Remittances For Books Or The Star In One Bill