Letter from Susan Taber, New Bedford, [Massachusetts], to Deborah Weston, 1838 [May] 22

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Title:
Letter from Susan Taber, New Bedford, [Massachusetts], to Deborah Weston, 1838 [May] 22
Description:
[Susan Taber?] writes to Debora Weston in regards the anti-slavery society preparing materials for a sale to raise funds. She writes of her surprise for the news of Angelina E. Grimke's marriage to Theodore T. Weld. She does not like the way Bancroft has introduced "our principles and members in his history-for though his notices are intended to be rather commentary, we think he shows very little appreciation of the principles we profess." She remarks on the mob in Philadelphia, "a place numbering so many consistent advocates of ultra peace principles." She comments on books. She refers to George Bancroft and says "the Quakers do not like the way in which he has introduced our principles and members in his history." Jonathan Dymond is a special favorite of hers. She discusses Debora's loss in [Orestes Augustes] Brownson's strength and remarks that at Worcester "there was something in his manners and appearance and occasionally in his sentiments, then, that struck me very painfully in his connection with the abolition cause." She writes of her mother's recovery from illness. A second sheet is a posted receipt to Mr. Henry Chapman for the amount of $8.25.
Author:
Taber, Susan
Addressee:
Weston, Deborah, b. 1814
Date:
[May 22, 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--Societies, etc--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--Publishing--United States--History--19th century
Society of Friends--United States--19th century
Abolitionists--Violence against--United States--History--19th century
Women abolitionists--United States
Antislavery movements--United States
Women social reformers--United States
Societies
Publishers and publishing
Society of Friends--History
Abolitionists--United States
Violence
Weston, Deborah, b. 1814
Kingsbury, S. J.
Bancroft, George, 1800-1891
Weld, Theodore Dwight, 1803-1895
Brownson, Orestes Augustus, 1803-1876
Grimké, Angelina Emily, 1805-1879
Extent:
2 leaves (6 p.) ; 26 cm.
Permalink:
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Place of origin:
New Bedford, [Massachusetts]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
Notes (date):
This date is inferred.
Identifier:
5853076
Call #:
MS A.9.2, v.10, p.25
Barcode:
39999085839619