Letter from Francis Mary Harris Robbins, Brush Hill, Milton, [Massachusetts], to Anne Warren Weston, 1843 November 1

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Title:
Letter from Francis Mary Harris Robbins, Brush Hill, Milton, [Massachusetts], to Anne Warren Weston, 1843 November 1
Description:
Frances Mary (Harris) Robbins writes to Anne Warren Weston in regards to being anxious for news in her country solitude. Her society met last night at Dr. Palmer's, " and a very good time we had." Dr. Palmer disparaged the mob incident of 1837 and advocated political abolitionism. She solicited articles for the anti-slavery fair from every woman present. Sophie Bradford wrote a letter to Robbins in which she stated she never wished to hear Mr. Winslow again because, on his return from the South, he, in a vestry meeting, praised the southerners and told of finding the slaves much better treated than he expected, several saying they would not accept freedom. Mr. Robbins attended the "railway church with Edmund Quincy and said his lecture was excellent; "anti-slavery is making slow headway in these parts."
Author:
Robbins, Francis Mary Harris
Addressee:
Weston, Anne Warren, 1812-1890
Date:
November 1, 1843
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--Societies, etc--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--Lectures and lecturing--United States--History--19th century
Women abolitionists--United States
Antislavery movements--United States
Women social reformers--United States
Societies
Lectures and lecturing
Enslaved persons--Social conditions
Weston, Anne Warren, 1812-1890
Robbins, Francis Mary Harris
Lovejoy, Elijah P. (Elijah Parish), 1802-1837
Winslow, Nathan, 1785-1861
Quincy, Edmund, 1808-1877
Extent:
1 leaf (4 p.) ; 25 cm.
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Place of origin:
Brush Hill, Milton, [Massachusetts]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
Identifier:
6033910
Call #:
MS A.9.2, v.11, p.21
Barcode:
39999085845467