Letter from Isabella Massie to Mary Anne Estlin

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Title:
Letter from Isabella Massie to Mary Anne Estlin
Description:
Isabella Massie writes to Mary Anne Estlin in regards to inviting some friends to meet mebers of the Bristol & Clifton Ladies' anti-slavery association. She wants her friends to meet real abolitionists with "anti-slavery zeal and talent" instead of pro-slavery orthodox ministers. She writes, "they conclude no one who does not sign the creed & code of H.C. Wright may claim being an American abolitionist." She adds that she favors American abolitionists over those orthodox ministers but is grieved by their anti-slavery newspapers which "alienate many who love the cause." She does not wish to send the "National Anti-Slavery Standard" newspaper to her friends because it contains "sentiments from which my own soul recoils."
Author:
Massie, Isabella
Addressee:
Estlin, Mary Anne, 1820-1902
Date:
[ca. 1832–1867]
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Manuscripts
Location:
Boston Public Library
Rare Books Department
Collection (local):
Anti-Slavery Collection
Subjects:
Women abolitionists--England--19th century--Correspondence
Women abolitionists--United States--19th century--Correspondence
Abolitionists--Public opinion--United States--19th century
Antislavery movements--Great Britain--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--Religious aspects--Christianity--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--Societies, etc--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--Newspapers--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--Meetings--United States--History--19th century
Women abolitionists
Women abolitionists--United States
Abolitionists--United States
Public opinion
Antislavery movements--Great Britain
Antislavery movements--United States
Christianity
Societies
Meetings
Estlin, Mary Anne, 1820-1902
Massie, Isabella
Wright, Henry Clarke, 1797-1870
Estlin, J. B. (John Bishop), 1785-1855
National anti-slavery standard
Places:
United Kingdom
England
Extent:
2 leaves (4 p.) ; 19 cm.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/2z1100474
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Place of origin:
[Place of publication unknown]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
Identifier:
5797706
Call #:
MS A.9.2 v.27, p.36
Barcode:
39999085838470