Letter from Lydia Maria Child, Northampton, [Mass.], to Caroline Weston, March 7th, 1839

Item Information

Title:
Letter from Lydia Maria Child, Northampton, [Mass.], to Caroline Weston, March 7th, 1839
Addressee:
Weston, Caroline, 1808-1882
Author:
Child, Lydia Maria, 1802-1880
Date:
March 7, 1839
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
Weston, Caroline, 1808-1882
Benson, Henry Egbert, 1814-1837
Child, Lydia Maria, 1802-1880
Places:
Massachusetts > Suffolk (county) > Boston
Extent:
2 leaves (6 p.)
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/wm118d61z
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Place of origin:
Northampton, [Mass.]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
See Ms.A.5.1 p.48-54 for handwritten transcript; transcribed by unknown person.
Child discusses conflict over establishing The Abolitionist as a new organ of the Anti-Slavery Society. She comments on [James?] Sinclair's remarks about leaders at the convention. She recalls [S.J.] May's tribute to H.E. Benson. She believes May's use of the term "abolition church" aroused sectarianism.
Identifier:
3132379
Call #:
MS A.5.1 no.46-47
Barcode:
39999064321373
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