Letter from G. R. Russell, West Roxbury, [Mass.], to Maria Weston Chapman, March 14th, 1846

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Title:
Letter from G. R. Russell, West Roxbury, [Mass.], to Maria Weston Chapman, March 14th, 1846
Author:
Russell, G. R.
Addressee:
Chapman, Maria Weston, 1806-1885
Date:
March 14, 1846
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Manuscripts
Location:
Boston Public Library
Rare Books Department
Collection (local):
Anti-Slavery Collection
Subjects:
Antislavery movements--United States--History--19th century
Women abolitionists--Massachusetts--Boston--19th century--Correspondence
Antislavery movements--United States
Women abolitionists--United States
Russell, G. R.
Snodgrass, J. E.
Clay, Cassius Marcellus, 1810-1903
Chapman, Maria Weston, 1806-1885
Saturday visiter
Places:
Massachusetts > Suffolk (county) > Boston
Extent:
2 leaves (7 p.) ; 10 x 7 7/8 in.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/cv43qj15g
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Place of origin:
West Roxbury, [Mass.]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
G. R. Russell refers to the paper published by Dr. J. E. Snodgrass in Maryland. He mentions "the notable stand" of Cassius Marcellus Clay in Kentucky. Northern abolitionists are either excluded from the South or considered as extraneous and meddling. G. R. Russell believes that "hard words do not make converts." He contrasts the abolitionists with the sympathetic, lukewarm class to which G. R. Russell belongs. He pays eloquent tribute to the devotion of the abolitionists.
In the postscript, G. R. Russell writes that he has enclosed $25 to the support of the paper of Dr. Snodgrass.
Identifier:
3134328
Call #:
Ms.A.9.2 v.22, p.30
Barcode:
39999066746189
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