Letter from Richard Davis Webb, Dublin, [Ireland], to Mary Anne Estlin, 1852 Dec[ember] 24

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Title:
Letter from Richard Davis Webb, Dublin, [Ireland], to Mary Anne Estlin, 1852 Dec[ember] 24
Description:
Richard Davis Webb writes to Mary Anne Estlin in regards to receiving a cheap edition of "Uncle Tom's Cabin." Maria Webb and "the ladies in her train are quite in a furor" over the idea. He wishes people would buy and read the Anti-Slavery Advocate instead. He praises the "Pennsylvania Freeman." He discusses his daughter's school careers briefly. A second letter dated Dec[ember] 24, 1852 in Boston discussing Mr. Moore accepting the volume of tickets given to him by Ms. Weston and asks her to accept his thanks. He also gives his best wishes for the classes she is engaged in. He says, "May the 'Liberty Bell' awaken all those who have been slumbering to a just sense of their duty in the cause of freedom."
Author:
Webb, Richard Davis, 1805-1872
Addressee:
Estlin, Mary Anne, 1820-1902
Date:
December 24, 1852
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Manuscripts
Location:
Boston Public Library
Rare Books Department
Collection (local):
Anti-Slavery Collection
Subjects:
Abolitionists--England--19th century--Correspondence
Abolitionists--United States--19th century
Antislavery movements--Great Britain--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--Newspapers--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--Publishing--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--United States--History--19th century
Women abolitionists--England--History--19th century
Women social reformers--England--History--19th century
Abolitionists
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--Great Britain
Antislavery movements--United States
Publishers and publishing
Women abolitionists
Women social reformers
Estlin, Mary Anne, 1820-1902
Webb, Richard Davis, 1805-1872
Weston, Anne Warren, 1812-1890
Estlin, J. B. (John Bishop), 1785-1855
Places:
United Kingdom
England
Extent:
1 leaf (3 p.) ; 19 cm.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/2z10zs87j
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Place of origin:
Dublin, [Ireland]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
Identifier:
5712819
Call #:
MS A.9.2 v.26, p.85
Barcode:
39999086047808