"Untitled," Telegraph and Texas Register, June 9, 1838

Summary: Reported on the burning of a hall in Philadelphia by a mob as a result of an abolitionist meeting. Claimed the meeting had black men and white women holding each other and everyone denouncing Washington because he was a slave holder.

The Pennsylvania Hall at Philadelphia has recently been burned to the ground by an infuriated mob, in consequence of the disgraceful proceedings of a convention of abolitionists, "that had assembled in it a short time previous to its destruction. At this convention, it is said respectable white females were seen sitting with the blackest negroes, and holding with them familiar converse." "The immortal Washington was denounced as a thief and a murderer, because he held slave property!"

In the town of Wheeling Va. one million of dollars has recently been subscribed to the Baltimore and Ohio RailRoad.

Source Copy Consulted: "Untitled," Telegraph and Texas Register, June 9, 1838, p. 2