Letter from Eliza Barney, [Nantucket, Massachusetts], to Anne Warren Weston, [1841 January] 22

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Title:
Letter from Eliza Barney, [Nantucket, Massachusetts], to Anne Warren Weston, [1841 January] 22
Description:
Eliza Barney writes to Anne Warren Weston in regards to the request of her friend, David Joy, she answers Anne's appeal in behalf of the "National Anti-Slavery Standard." She gives advice regarding possible donors. David Joy is very liberal, but indolent; Thomas Macy is the wealthiest of the local abolitionists, in approaching whom one should flatter his self-esteem. Barney refers to the "anti-slavery national standard" as a "grand paper." She tells of the difficulties of the abolitionists here, who feel the absence of their champion, George Bradburn. She praises Bradburn and the good he is doing in "our legislature." She remembers her visit to Boston at the time of the anti-slavery fair but disliked all of the "applause that was constantly bestowed upon the women. It seems to me that when the time equality of sexes shall come to be recognised, it will not be found necessary to urge women to perform their duty, but constant appeals to their approbativeness." She gives the example of a case of a well qualified African American girl who was denied admission to the high school. Her husband, Nathaniel Barney, has received an appeal for the Standard newspaper from James S. Gibbons, and has collected $150. She names the contributors.
Addressee:
Weston, Anne Warren, 1812-1890
Author:
Barney, Eliza Starbuck, 1802-1889
Date:
[January 22, 1841]
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--Newspapers--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--Publishing--United States--History--19th century
African Americans--Education--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--Anti-slavery fairs--United States--History--19th century
Political candidates--United States--History--19th century
Segragation--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--Societies, etc--United States--History--19th century
Women abolitionists--United States
Antislavery movements--United States
Women social reformers--United States
Publishers and publishing
African Americans--Education--History
Political candidates
Segregation--United States
Women's rights--United States--History--19th century
Societies
Weston, Anne Warren, 1812-1890
Gibbons, J. S. (James Sloan), 1810-1892
Barney, Eliza Starbuck, 1802-1889
Bradburn, George, 1806-1880
National anti-slavery standard
Extent:
1 leaf (4 p.) ; 26 cm.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/2z110x722
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Place of origin:
[Nantucket, Massachusetts]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
Notes (date):
This date is inferred.
Identifier:
5982196
Call #:
MS A.9.2, v.15, p.18
Barcode:
39999085845244