Introduction of Rev. Chaney to Atlanta

George Leonard Chaney, a Unitarian clergyman of Boston,Mass.is visiting Atlanta at this time, in the interest of moral and religious reconstruction throughout the union. In the pursuit of his profession in Boston for fifteen years he has been actively interested in the establishment of school for poor white children in Richmond, Va and Wilmington, N.C. and for freedmen in Charleston,S.C. and Hampton, Va. He has labored for the cause of industrial education with Mr. Edward Altkinson, of Boston, and General Eaton, the commissioner of education in Washington, and these gentlemen bespeak for him the furtherance of our people. While here he will preach in the senate chamber on Sunday, giving the remainder of the week to inspecting ours schools and industries.

The Atlanta Constitution (Atlanta, Georgia) – Sun, Feb 26, 1882 – Page 7

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