Letter from Rachel W. Stearns, [Springfield, Massachusetts], to Maria Weston Chapman, 1841 Dec[ember] 12

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Title:
Letter from Rachel W. Stearns, [Springfield, Massachusetts], to Maria Weston Chapman, 1841 Dec[ember] 12
Description:
Rachel W. Stearns writes to Maria Weston Chapman in regards to sending one more roll of one hundred names to the great Massachusetts petition (to the Legislature). She dwells on the difficulty of securing names and of answering the question: "who is Latimer?" fifty times over. She repeats the excuses made by those who refused to sign. A number of men refused because they had become "non-resistants, no-government, woman's rights & 2nd Advent men." The cause has progressed in Springfield, especially that of ultraism. She explains that her family is not the Springfield Stearneses who are new organization people. Her brother is Charles Stearns Greenfield, who three years ago was imprisoned in Hartford for refusing to pay a military fine and is now preaching in Kentucky. Some of the "radical ultraists" hold a conference and prayer-meeting fortnightly among the African Americans in Springfield. The Springfield anti-slavery society became auxiliary to new organization: "we would not join it." She asks Maria to send the papers she mentioned in a day or two to her cousin.
Author:
Stearns, Rachel W.
Addressee:
Chapman, Maria Weston, 1806-1885
Date:
December 12, 1841
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Manuscripts
Location:
Boston Public Library
Rare Books Department
Collection (local):
Anti-Slavery Collection
Subjects:
Women abolitionists--United States--History--19th century--Correspondence
Women social reformers--United States--History--19th century
Abolitionists--United States--19th century--Correspondence
Antislavery movements--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--Anti-slavery fairs--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--Publishing--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--Meetings--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--Newspapers--United States--History--19th century
Fugitive slaves--United States--History--19th century
Women abolitionists--United States
Women social reformers--United States
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--United States
Publishers and publishing
Meetings
Fugitive slaves--United States
Stearns, Rachel W.
Latimer, George
Chapman, Maria Weston, 1806-1885
Extent:
2 leaves (5 p.) ; 26 cm.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/2z1110126
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
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Place of origin:
[Springfield, Massachusetts]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
Identifier:
6020655
Call #:
MS A.9.2 v.17, p.148
Barcode:
39999085845434