Charles C. Burleigh
The Unionist 1:10 (October 3, 1833)
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BROOKLYN, Ct. October 3.
On the evening of Friday Sept. 20th while Miss Crandall and her pupils were assembled in the school room for the purpose of holding a religious meeting, Rev. Mr. Potter of Pawtucket, R. I. having accepted her invitation to preach to them, near the close of the services a clamorous rabble, without, assailed the house, a volley of rotten eggs and other missiles were thrown at the window, breaking the glass and lodging part of the filth on the curtain. The pupils, regardless of the assault, commenced singing the hymn which had just been read and went through without interruption.
On Thursday last [Sept. 26th] Miss C. was again brought before Esquire Adams for examination on two separate complaints, one for instructing and the other for boarding and harbouring {sic} colored persons from abroad. She was bound over to the Supreme Court which commenced its session in the place on Tuesday the first inst.
The second paragraph of this account is also found in the Connecticut Courant, 1833-10-7