Letter from Paulina Gerry, Stoneham, [Massachusetts], to Maria Weston Chapman, 1839 July 6

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Title:
Letter from Paulina Gerry, Stoneham, [Massachusetts], to Maria Weston Chapman, 1839 July 6
Description:
Paulina Gerry writes to Maria Weston Chapman in regards to pledging her society to furnish a table with articles for the amount of fifty dollars for the Massachusetts anti-slavery fair. They only have twenty-seven members, "labouring women who discharge the cares & duties of a family or provide for their own person comforts & necessities." She asks for suggestions on behalf of the clothing they are providing as they are "unacquainted with the managements of Fairs." She says they assist the Massachusetts anti-slavery society in preference to the Boston female anti-slavery society. They deeply regret the recent movements of some of the abolition coadjutors but feel assured that the root of the whole matter originated in "sectarian prejudices." She gives her views on Garrison's non-resistance principles and discusses the controversy over women's rights.
Author:
Gerry, Paulina
Addressee:
Chapman, Maria Weston, 1806-1885
Date:
July 6, 1839
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--Great Britain--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--Societies, etc--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--Anti-slavery fairs--United States--History--19th century
Women abolitionists--United States
Antislavery movements--Great Britain
Antislavery movements--United States
Societies
Women's rights--United States--History--19th century
Boston Female Anti-slavery Society
Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society
Gerry, Paulina
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Chapman, Maria Weston, 1806-1885
Places:
United Kingdom
Extent:
1 leaf (4 p.) ; 25 cm.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/2z110n05j
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
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Place of origin:
Stoneham, [Massachusetts]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
Identifier:
5956189
Call #:
MS A.9.2, v.11, p.131
Barcode:
39999085843231