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[s] 11.1 [Brethren and Friends,] 
We especially deplore the intimate acquaintance and promiscuous conversation of females with regard to things "which ought not to be named;" by which that modesty and delicacy which is the charm of domestic life, and which constitute the true influence of women in society are consumed, and the way opened, as we apprehend, for degeneracy and ruin.
Pastoral Letter of the General Association of Congregational Ministers, Massachusetts, 1837
Brethren and Friends,