Letter from Sophia Davenport, Dedham, [Massachusetts], to Caroline Weston, [1836 July 13]

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Title:
Letter from Sophia Davenport, Dedham, [Massachusetts], to Caroline Weston, [1836 July 13]
Description:
Sophia Davenport writes to Caroline Weston in regards to a difficult journey out of town. Miss Harriet Braston has been obeying "Thompson's injunction to cry out aloud since she has been in Dedham." Davenport writes about Dedham's attitude towards abolitionism. She writes, "...the people are in a deplorable state of ignorance concerning the subject, those whom I have spoken to about it are very much prejudiced against abolition though they would all like to hear Mr. Thompson." Davenport read a chapter by Mrs. Lydia Maria Child on prejudice of Mr. Ford and heart that Mrs. Child "has had a party lately and invited colored persons." On a second sheet is a a receipt for $77 from Samuel J. May.
Author:
Davenport, Sophia
Addressee:
Weston, Caroline, 1808-1882
Date:
[July 13, 1836]
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Manuscripts
Genre:
Receipts (Acknowledgments)
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
Antislavery movements--Publishing--United States--History--19th century
Women social reformers--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--Congresses--United States--History--19th century
Race relations--United States--History--19th century
Women abolitionists--United States
Antislavery movements--United States
Publishers and publishing
Women social reformers--United States
Congresses and conventions
Race relations
Weston, Caroline, 1808-1882
Thompson, George, 1804-1878
May, Samuel J. (Samuel Joseph), 1797-1871
Braston, Harriet
Child, Lydia Maria, 1802-1880
Extent:
2 leaves (5 p.) ; 25 cm.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/2z1109780
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
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Place of origin:
Dedham, [Massachusetts]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
Notes (date):
This date is inferred.
Identifier:
5864013
Call #:
MS A.9.2, v.8, p.29
Barcode:
39999085839924