Letter from Susan Dow, Nantucket, [Massachusetts], to Maria Weston Chapman, 1839 July 13

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Title:
Letter from Susan Dow, Nantucket, [Massachusetts], to Maria Weston Chapman, 1839 July 13
Description:
Susan Dow writes to Maria Weston Chapman in regards to asking her if she can have her name enrollled with the Non-Resistants. She writes, "I have long believed that to take human life under any circumastances was a crime of deepest dye, and in Heaven's regard bore the stamp of murder on the darkened page. In regard to some points advanced by this society, I had hitertho imagined they are carried by their advocates far beyond what was expedient or necessary, but since listening to the esteemed H.C. Wright, I have been convinced that to the contrary." She praises Wright and affirms her own devotion to the principles of Non-Resistance.
Author:
Dow, Susan
Addressee:
Chapman, Maria Weston, 1806-1885
Date:
July 13, 1839
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Manuscripts
Location:
Boston Public Library
Rare Books Department
Collection (local):
Anti-Slavery Collection
Subjects:
Women abolitionists--United States--History--19th century--Correspondence
Women social reformers--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--United States--History--19th century
African American abolitionists--History--19th century
Nonviolence--United States--History--19th century
Peace movements--United States--History--19th century
Women abolitionists--United States
Women social reformers--United States
Antislavery movements--United States
African American abolitionists
Nonviolence--Religious aspects--Christianity
Nonviolence
Peace movements--United States--History
New England Non-Resistance Society
Wright, Henry Clarke, 1797-1870
Dow, Susan
Chapman, Maria Weston, 1806-1885
Extent:
1 leaf (2 p.) ; 31 cm.
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Place of origin:
Nantucket, [Massachusetts]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
Identifier:
5925907
Call #:
MS A.9.2 v.11, p.137
Barcode:
39999085842191