"1861 - 1865" . . . . "Cheever testimonial. Committee Right Honourable the Earl of Shaftesbury, chairman. ... The object of the committee is, to present to Dr. Cheever, Pastor of the Church of the Puritans, New York, a substantial token of the honour in which he is held by British Christians, and of their sympathy with him in the noble and consistent course he has pursued, in exhibiting slave-holding as a sin against God, and a violation of the first rights of humanity"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "History"@en . . . "Cheever testimonial. : Committee Right Honourable the Earl of Shaftesbury, chairman. ... The object of the committee is, to present to Dr. Cheever, Pastor of the Church of the Puritans, New York, a substantial token of the honour in which he is held by British Christians, and of their sympathy with him in the noble and consistent course he has pursued, in exhibiting slave-holding as a sin against God, and a violation of the first rights of humanity"@en . . . "United States" . . "Internet resources." . .