TITLE: Life of William Allen, with selections from his correspondence(Volume 2)

AUTHOR:   Allen, William.  

Table of Contents:

    FRONT MATTER:   LIFE OF WILLIAM ALLEN. WITH SELECTIONS FROM HIS CORRESPONDENCE.      Starts at - Img 2 Pg UN
  • (1)      Starts at - Img 3 Pg UN
  • (2)  CONTENTS.    Starts at - Img 4 Pg UN
  • (3)  LIFE OF WILLIAM ALLEN. CHAPTER XVI. 1821—1822.—Extracts from Correspondence—Death of Walter Venning—Various Engagements—Intelligence from Ekaterinoslav—Yearly Meeting—Reflections and Engagements—Visit to Sussex and Surrey—Origin of the Establishment at Lindfield—Letter from Daniel Wheeler—Attends different Meetings—Marriage of his Daughter—Letter from South Russia—Visit to the Yearly Meeting in Dublin—Various Engagements—Visit to New Lanark—Letter to the Emperor of Russia—Prepares to set out for Vienna.    Starts at - Img 8 Pg 1
    • (3.2)  EXTRACT OF A LETTER TO BARON FAGEL.    Starts at - Img 8 Pg 1
    • (3.4)  TO ALEXANDER THE FIRST, EMPEROR OF RUSSIA.    Starts at - Img 48 Pg 43
  • (4)  CHAPTER XVII. 1822.—Journey to Vienna—Exertions on behalf of the poor Greeks—Interviews with the Emperor of Russia, and other distinguished persons—Proceeds to Verona, and endeavours to promote the Abolition of Slavery, &c.    Starts at - Img 51 Pg 46
  • (5)  CHAPTER XVIII. 1822.—Departure from Verona—Turin—Visit to the Waldenses—Letter to the Emperor of Russia—Journey to Geneva—Sundry engagements there and at Lausanne, Vevay, Fribourg, Berne, Zurich, St. Gallen, Tubingen, Stuttgard, Bergzabern, and Strasburg—Visit to Pastor Oberlin—Journey to Paris—Return Home.    Starts at - Img 82 Pg 77
  • (6)  CHAPTER XIX. 1823.—Distressed Greeks—Society for the Abolition of Slavery—Letter to the Emperor of Russia—Birth of his Grandson—Death of his Daughter—Correspondence, &c.    Starts at - Img 108 Pg 103
    • (6.2)  TO ALEXANDER THE FIRST, EMPEROR OF RUSSIA, FROM HIS SINCERELY ATTACHED FRIEND, WILLIAM ALLEN.    Starts at - Img 121 Pg 116
  • (7)  CHAPTER XX. 1824.—Visit to Lanark—Recommences Lectures—Correspondence—Yearly Meeting—Death of Sir C. Macarthy—Visit to Northamptonshire—Establishment of the School at Stoke Newington—Committee on Greek Refugees—Bible Society, &c., in Russia—Death of John Thompson and Richard Smith—Journey to Ipswich and Needham.    Starts at - Img 145 Pg 140
  • (8)  CHAPTER XXI. 1825—1826—Schools for the Poor at Stoke Newington—African Institution—Return of D. Wheeler and T. Shillitoe from Russia—Cottage Society—British and Irish Ladies' Society—Death of Professor Pictet—African Concerns—Anniversaries—Yearly Meeting—Correspondence—Establishment of the Schools, &c. at Lindfield—Death of the Emperor of Russia—Visit to several Quarterly Meetings—Conclusion of Hospital Lectures—Visit to Ireland—Correspondence, &c.—His Marriage—Letter from Prince A. Galitzin—From Contineas.    Starts at - Img 158 Pg 153
    • (8.3)  TO PRINCE ALEXANDER GALITZIN.    Starts at - Img 194 Pg 185
  • (9)  CHAPTER XXII. 1828—1832. Notice of Yearly Meeting—Departure of Alexander D'Junkovsky for Russia—Correspondence—Declaratory Minute of the Yearly Meeting—Death of his Mother—Capital Punishment—Friends present an Address to King William IV.—Death of Contineas—Attends several Quarterly Meetings—Lindfield—Arrival of Stephen Grellet in England—Religious Engagements with him—Political Excitement—Reform Bill—Sets out for the Continent with S. Grellet—Quarantine off Helvoetsluys—Arrives at Rotterdam—Amsterdam—Visits Frederick's Oord—Dusseldorf.    Starts at - Img 200 Pg 191
    • (9.3)  TO JOHN VENNING, (THEN RESIDING AT PETERSBURG.)    Starts at - Img 207 Pg 198
    • (9.4)  TO SIR PATRICK ROSS, (THEN GOVERNOR OF ANTIGUA.)    Starts at - Img 208 Pg 199
  • (10)  CHAPTER XXIII. 1832.—Elberfeld—Barmen—Visit to Friends at Pyrmont, Minden, &c.—Hanover—Quedlinburg—Magdeburg—Berlin—Various Engagements there—Interview with the Crown Prince and Princess—Halle—Orphan House there—Weimar—Interview with the Grand Duchess—Leipsic—Meeting with Students—Dresden—Interview with Prince Frederick—With Prince John—Meeting at Orphan House—Herrnhut—Prague—Vienna—Visit to Prince Esterhazy's Estates in Hungary—Munich—Visit to the Colonies on the DonauMoss—Stuttgard—Meeting—Interview with the King and Queen—Departure of S. Grellet to Strasburg—Returns Home.    Starts at - Img 236 Pg 225
  • (11)  CHAPTER XXIV. 1832—1833.—Correspondence—Journey to the Continent—Paris—Bourdeaux—Rejoins S. Grellet at Bayonne—Philanthropic Exertions there—They proceed together to Madrid—Visits to Individuals and Institutions there—Communication to the King—Interview with the King and Queen—Departure for Valencia—Engagements there and at Barcelona—Second Communication to the King—Cross the Pyrenees to Perpignan—Toulouse—Return by Bayonne, Bourdeaux, Paris, and Calais, to Stoke Newington.    Starts at - Img 273 Pg 260
  • (12)  CHAPTER XXV. 1833—1834.—Anti-Slavery Movements—Memoranda—Correspondence—Death of W. Wilberforce—Col. Beckwith's Labours among the Waldenses—W. A. Visits Neighbouring Meetings—Engagements and Correspondence—Attends the Yearly Meeting in Dublin—Meeting on behalf of Descendants of Friends in Ulster—Yearly Meeting in London—Letters respecting African Produce, &c.—Emancipation of Slaves—Manual Labour School, Lindfield—Friends' Continental Committees—Quarterly Meeting at Hitchin.    Starts at - Img 312 Pg 301
  • (13)  CHAPTER XXVI. 1835—1836. Letter from Rome—Disposes of his share of New Lanark—Visit from Professor Tholuck, &c.—Yearly Meeting—Visit to Lancashire—Letter from Munich and Halle—Death of his Wife—Again visits Lancashire—Correspondence—Religious Engagements in Buckinghamshire and Hertfordshire—Yearly Meeting—Foreign Letters—Notice of Thomas Shillitoe—Of Sophia Vansittart—Journey to Ireland—Lancashire.    Starts at - Img 342 Pg 329
  • (14)  CHAPTER XXVII. 1837—1838. Visit to Hitchin—Decease of R. Christy—Religious Retirement and Prayer—Yearly Meeting—Death of the King—Letter to J. J. Gurney—Friends' Address to the Queen—Exertions in the Anti-Slavery and School Cause—Yearly Meeting—Interview with Marshal Soult—Letter from the Duke of Sussex—Death of Joseph Lancaster—Aborigines Committee—Committee of the Quarterly Meeting—Case of a young man in the Army at Chatham.    Starts at - Img 392 Pg 379
  • (15)  CHAPTER XXVIII. 1839—1840.—Notice of Count Confalonieri—Engagements in the School, Bible Cause, &c.—Letters from Russia—Address to the Parishioners of Lindfield—Prospect of Religious Service on the Continent—Friends present Addresses to the Queen, to Prince Albert, and to the Duchess of Kent—Journey to the Continent—Religious and Philanthropic engagements in Belgium—Interview with the King—Visit to Rotterdam, the Hague, Amsterdam, and Zwoll—Orphan Establishment at Veenhuisen—Religious awakening at Osnaburg—Visit to Friends at Minden and Pyrmont—Proceeds to Hanover—Interview with the Prince Royal—with the Queen—Letter to the Prince—Magdeburg—Arrival at Berlin—Interviews with several of the Royal Family—Institutions—Religious Engagements—Correspondence—Departure from Berlin.    Starts at - Img 427 Pg 414
    • (15.2)  TO THE PARISHIONERS OF LINDFIELD.    Starts at - Img 439 Pg 426
    • (15.3)  TO GEORGE, PRINCE ROYAL OF HANOVER.    Starts at - Img 464 Pg 451
  • (16)  CHAPTER XXIX. 1840.—Journey from Potzdam—Visit to Luther's Cell at Wittemberg—Arrival at Leipsig—Letter from Berlin—Visit to Dresden—to Weimar—Interview with the Grand Duke and Duchess—Gotha—Visit to the Castle of Wartburg—Frankfort—Dusseldorf—Religious Engagements there—Visit to Count Von der Recke's Institution at Dusselthal—To Pastor Fliedner's at Kaiserswerth—Antwerp—Peaceful retrospect of the Journey—Voyage to London—Arrival at Home—Yearly Meeting—Anti-Slavery Convention—Second Journey to the Continent—Paris—Strasburg—Stuttgard—Visit to Institutions—Interview with the King and Queen of Wurtemberg—With the Duche- Louis and the Queen at Kircheim—Arrival at Munich—Visit to the Donaumoos—Letter from the King of Wurtemberg—Departure from Munich—Constance—Journey to Geneva. Meets P. Bedford—They travel together to Lausanne, Berne, and Basle—Visit to Beuggen—Bonn—Dusseldorf—Brussels—Ghent—Antwerp—Arrival at Home—Letter to the King of Prussia.    Starts at - Img 481 Pg 470
    • (16.2)  TO FREDERICK WILLIAM, THE FOURTH, KING OF PRUSSIA.    Starts at - Img 514 Pg 505
  • (17)  CHAPTER XXX. 1841—1844.—Letter to his Grand-daughter—Death of his Niece—Religious Persecution—Letter to the King of Sweden—Visit of A. Beyerhaus—Attends the Quarterly Meeting of Suffolk—Correspondence—Interview with the King of Prussia, in London—Friends present an Address to the King—Letter to F. Fox—Reflections—Illness at Lindfield—Letter from J. J. Gurney—Returns to Stoke Newington—Declining Health—Last Illness at Lindfield—Death.    Starts at - Img 516 Pg 507
    • (17.2)  TO CHARLES THE FOURTEENTH, KING OF SWEDEN AND NORWAY.    Starts at - Img 521 Pg 512
    • (17.4)  To Frederick William, the Fourth, King of Prussia.    Starts at - Img 531 Pg 522
  • (18)  A TESTIMONY OF GRACECHURCH STREET MONTHLY MEETING, LONDON, CONCERNING WILLIAM ALLEN.    Starts at - Img 543 Pg 534
  • (19)  APPENDIX TO THE SECOND VOLUME.    Starts at - Img 550 Pg 541
    • (19.1)  THE SUBSTANCE OF AN ADDRESS TO THE STUDENTS AT GUY'S HOSPITAL, IN THE YEAR 1826, BY WILLIAM ALLEN, F. R. S.    Starts at - Img 550 Pg 541