Letter from Francis Bishop, Manchester, [England], to Mary Anne Estlin, 1851 March 1

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Title:
Letter from Francis Bishop, Manchester, [England], to Mary Anne Estlin, 1851 March 1
Description:
Francis Bishop writes to Mary Anne Estlin in regards to an anti-slavery meeting held in Manchester. Bishop mentions presiding officers of the meeting including Reverend Walter Scott, and the secretary Reverend W. Parkes. He writes, "And..while Dr. B is speaking I will attempt the double work of listening to him & giving you some account of what has taken place at our two previous meetings." He writes of L. Kossuth's unfaithfulness to the anti-slavery movement. He writes about Mazzini's beautiful letter. George Thompson gave a long written address on emancipation. Bishop praises Parker Pillsbury's speech for "contrasting American religion with the Religion of Christ, & he carried his whole audience with him, Orthodox minister & all, when he declared himself proved in being called & in being deserved to be called an 'Infidel' to the former." He discusses disorder that arose at the meeting among Joseph Barker and S.R. Ward who both wanted to speak at this meeting. He criticizes Barker's actions. He reports on W.W. Brown's attack of the British & Foreign Anti-Slavery Society for "its soft speaking, its partiality, exclusiveness, & inactivity."
Author:
Bishop, Francis
Addressee:
Estlin, Mary Anne, 1820-1902
Date:
March 1, 1851
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--Correspondence
Antislavery movements--Great Britain--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--Meetings--Great Britain--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--Religious aspects--Christianity--Great Britain--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--Lectures and lecturing--Great Britain--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--Societies, etc--Great Britain--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
Meetings
Christianity
Antislavery movements
Lectures and lecturing
Societies
Antislavery movements--United States
Slavery and the church--United States
Women abolitionists
Women social reformers
British and Foreign Anti-slavery Society
Thompson, George, 1804-1878
Estlin, Mary Anne, 1820-1902
Bishop, Francis
Kossuth, Lajos, 1802-1894
Pillsbury, Parker, 1809-1898
Mazzini, Giuseppe, 1805-1872
Barker, Joseph, 1806-1875
Brown, William Wells, 1814?-1884
Estlin, J. B. (John Bishop), 1785-1855
Places:
United Kingdom
England
Extent:
1 leaf (7 p.) ; 21 cm. + 1 envelope (10 x 15 cm.)
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/2z10zv160
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Place of origin:
Manchester, [England]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
Envelope addressed to Miss Anne W. Weston in Weymouth.
Identifier:
5720162
Call #:
MS A.9.2 v.28, p.19
Barcode:
39999086047907