Letter from Sophia Davenport, St. Louis, [Missouri], to Anne Warren Weston, 1838 Nov[ember] 20

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Title:
Letter from Sophia Davenport, St. Louis, [Missouri], to Anne Warren Weston, 1838 Nov[ember] 20
Description:
Sophia Davenport writes to Anne Warren Weston in regards to describing her situation as governess in the home of Mrs. Ashley. She writes, "They have great respect for the character and habits of New England people." Dr. Moss, Mrs. Ashley's father, said of John Quincy Adams that "he was one of the greatest and the very best man in the whole country." Although General Ashley in his will desired his slaves to be set free, his sisters consent only to the emancipation of one man. She thinks the people here are aware of the wrong of slavery, "but the giving up of one's property for the sake of one's soul is too great a sacrifice."
Author:
Davenport, Sophia
Addressee:
Weston, Anne Warren, 1812-1890
Date:
November 20, 1838
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Manuscripts
Location:
Boston Public Library
Rare Books Department
Collection (local):
Anti-Slavery Collection
Subjects:
Women abolitionists--United States--19th century--Correspondence
Antislavery movements--United States--History--19th century
Women social reformers--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--Meetings--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--Societies, etc--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--Publishing--United States--History--19th century
Women abolitionists--United States
Antislavery movements--United States
Women social reformers--United States
Women's rights--United States--History--19th century
Meetings
Societies
Publishers and publishing
Enslaved persons--Emancipation--United States
Weston, Anne Warren, 1812-1890
Davenport, Sophia
Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848
Extent:
1 leaf (4 p.) ; 27 cm.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/2z110482j
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
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Place of origin:
St. Louis, [Missouri]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
Identifier:
5853015
Call #:
MS A.9.2, v.10, p.72
Barcode:
39999085839502