Letter from Richard Davis Webb, Dublin, [Ireland], to Mary Anne Estlin, 1851 Oct[ober] 14

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Title:
Letter from Richard Davis Webb, Dublin, [Ireland], to Mary Anne Estlin, 1851 Oct[ober] 14
Description:
Richard Davis Webb writes to Mary Anne Estlin in regards to asking her to send a copy of a book by Bigelow on to Miss Weston. He writes of an omission in a letter to Garrison printed in the Examiner. He thanks her for her father's letter. He comments on the friends who are "good sort of people but there is very little independence of mind among them-and they are often extremely timid & shallow." He has just read Miss Weston's letter to her and finds it deeply interesting. He finds it odd that Caroline Weston should be in "such estimation with the ministers." He agrees with her about Robert Charleton's character, saying, "such people are like eels. You think you have them fast by some appeal to facts or to conscience, when...they slip through your fingers."
Author:
Webb, Richard Davis, 1805-1872
Addressee:
Estlin, Mary Anne, 1820-1902
Date:
October 14, 1851
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
Antislavery movements--Great Britain--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--Newspapers--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--Publishing--United States--History--19th century
Abolitionists--Public opinion--United States--19th century
Antislavery movements--Religious aspects--Christianity--United States--History--19th century
Society of Friends--Great Britain--19th century
Women abolitionists
Women abolitionists--United States
Antislavery movements--Great Britain
Antislavery movements--United States
Publishers and publishing
Abolitionists--United States
Public opinion
Christianity
Society of Friends--History
Slavery and the church--United States
Estlin, Mary Anne, 1820-1902
Bigelow, John, 1817-1911
Weston, Caroline, 1808-1882
Webb, Richard Davis, 1805-1872
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Estlin, J. B. (John Bishop), 1785-1855
Places:
United Kingdom
England
Extent:
1 leaf (4 p.) ; 19 cm. + 1 envelope (9 x 14 cm.)
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/2z110057c
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.
Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) manuscript contains an envelope with an engraving on it from J. Valentine Dundee, Johnstone & Hunter, Edin[burgh] & London. Under the top of the first engraving the words "Arbitration for War" "Universal Brotherhood" and "Freedom of Commerce." On the side there is handwriting that says "Miss Estlin Oct 11 1851."
Identifier:
5798748
Call #:
MS A.9.2 v.25, p.127
Barcode:
39999085838496