Letter from Gerrit Smith, Petersboro, [New York], to Maria Weston Chapman, 1840 March 11
Description:
Gerrit Smith writes to Maria Weston Chapman in regards to receiving a copy of "Liberty Bell." He remarks on the "arrogant and uncharitable spirit, which characterizes the late Address of the Managers of your State Society. 'to the abolitionists of the United States.'" He discusses the Bloomfield Convention which he mentions the labors of [Henry C.] Wright and [James C.] Jackson. Jackson has been ill since the convention. He has been ill for the past five weeks so he has employed someone else to write this letter.