The fourth meeting took place on the night of January 6th in the African Baptist Church on what was then Belknap but now known as Joy street.

The young leader and fourteen of his followers met that evening in the school-room for colored children, situated under the auditorium of the church.

They could hardly have fallen upon a more obscure or despised place for the consummation of their enterprise in the city of Boston than was this selfsame negro church and school-room.

The weather added an ever memorable night to the opprobrium of the spot.

A fierce northeaster accompanied with "snow, rain, and hail in equal proportions" was roaring and careering through the city's streets.