Memoirs of William Miller - Sylvester Bliss

I remain yours, etc. Wm. Miller.”
On the 10th of March, he commenced in Essex,
Vt., and lectured till the 17th. From the 18th to the
24th, he was at Williston, Vt.; and on the 26th he
commenced another course of lectures at
Waterbury, Vt., which closed on the 1st of April.
Having projected a tour into Massachusetts about
this time, he was obliged to disappoint a large
number who had solicited visits from him. As
evidence of the great desire to hear him, he then
had on file urgent requests from Frederic Daley,
“preacher in charge,” Northfield, Vt., -- with
fifteen signatures from Strafford, Vt., -- expressing
“a great anxiety on the part of the public to hear a
course of lectures;” from Joseph Chase, Middlesex,
announcing that the meetinghouse had been opened
for him without a dissenting vote, and urging him
to come, by all means; Wm. D. Leavett, Grantham,
N. H. -- urging his presence there “at as early a day
as possible;” Z. Delano, Hartford, Vt., wishing him
to come as early “as practicable;” Jonathan Woods,
Dover, Vt. -- “many people being desirous to
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