Letter from Theodore Parker, Boston, [Massachusetts], to Matilda Goddard, 1855 Ap[ril] 23

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Title:
Letter from Theodore Parker, Boston, [Massachusetts], to Matilda Goddard, 1855 Ap[ril] 23
Description:
Theodore Parker writes to Matilda Goddard thanking her for her gift and briefly discussing his address to Quakers. He writes, "It is a little curious that the first time I have been called to any ecclesiastical gathering since the ordination at S.B. in 1841, should be on the 19th of May-'Progressive Friends' to think of that!"
Author:
Parker, Theodore, 1810-1860
Addressee:
Goddard, Matilda, 1814-1901
Date:
April 23, 1855
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
Antislavery movements--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--Religious aspects--Christianity--United States--History--19th century
Quakers--Massachusetts--19th century
Women abolitionists--United States
Antislavery movements--United States
Christianity
Quaker abolitionists
Society of Friends
Parker, Theodore, 1810-1860
Goddard, Matilda, 1814-1901
Places:
Massachusetts
Extent:
1 leaf (2 p.) ; 18 cm.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/2z10zw57f
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Place of origin:
Boston, [Massachusetts]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
Identifier:
5724508
Call #:
MS Am.1456 (10)
Barcode:
39999086048038