CHAPTER IX.

ALBANY AND TROY. 1850. EXCURSION TO ALBANY--DELAVAN HOUSE AND VAN VECHTEN HALL--REV. DR. STAATS AND THE JUDGES--HIGH CLASS OF MINDS INTERESTED--PRESIDENT ELIPHALET NOTT--PECUNIARY ARRANGEMENTS--EXCURSION TO TROY--TROJAN LADIES--MOB ATTEMPTS ON LIFE OF MARGARETTA. EXCURSION TO ALBANY. We were directed (by the spirits) to "go forth and let the truth be known." We had already passed through a terrible experience, and feared to make another such hazardous attempt; but the fiat had gone forth. We had debated the question a long time before we could consent to subject ourselves to another public contest. However, there was no alternative. We were compelled to "do our duty," regardless of consequences, so far as it was in our power. It was the first of April, 1850, when the Rev. R. P. Ambler and Mr.