Letter from Gerrit Smith, Petersboro, [New York], to Maria Weston Chapman, 1840 March 11

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Title:
Letter from Gerrit Smith, Petersboro, [New York], to Maria Weston Chapman, 1840 March 11
Description:
Gerrit Smith writes to Maria Weston Chapman in regards to receiving a copy of "Liberty Bell." He remarks on the "arrogant and uncharitable spirit, which characterizes the late Address of the Managers of your State Society. 'to the abolitionists of the United States.'" He discusses the Bloomfield Convention which he mentions the labors of [Henry C.] Wright and [James C.] Jackson. Jackson has been ill since the convention. He has been ill for the past five weeks so he has employed someone else to write this letter.
Author:
Smith, Gerrit, 1797-1874
Addressee:
Chapman, Maria Weston, 1806-1885
Date:
March 11, 1840
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
Antislavery movements--Newspapers--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--Societies, etc--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--Meetings--United States--History--19th century
Women abolitionists--United States
Women social reformers--United States
Antislavery movements--United States
Societies
Meetings
Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society
Wright, Henry Clarke, 1797-1870
Jackson, James C., 1811-1895
Smith, Gerrit, 1797-1874
Chapman, Maria Weston, 1806-1885
Liberty bell (Boston, Mass.)
Extent:
1 leaf (3 p.) ; 26 cm.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/2z110h66f
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Place of origin:
Petersboro, [New York]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
Identifier:
5926090
Call #:
MS A.9.2 v.13, p.38
Barcode:
39999085842258