Minute books of the American Female Moral Reform Society, 1834-1841

Scope and Contents Includes constitution (noting that "it is the duty of the virtuous to use any consistent moral means to save our country from utter destruction"); member list and minutes of New York Female Moral Reform Society. Also includes resolutions "that the House provided by this Society for the reception of profligate females desiring to reform and live a virtuous life be not Sectarian in its Character" and that pious seafaring men be invited to hold prayer meetings; re: the Society's views on...

Scope and Contents Includes constitution of American Female Moral Reform Society, with article three noting "...that the profligate of either sex, are equally guilty in the sight of God, both shall be utterly excluded from our society, until they manifest genuine repentance, and at the same time, if such shall come under our influence, we will evince toward them, the spirit of our Master, which, while it hates the sin, would rescue and save the sinner;" in article four, members who are members pledge to do...