Letter, St. Louis, [Missouri], to Sophia Davenport, 1836 Nov[ember] 10

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Title:
Letter, St. Louis, [Missouri], to Sophia Davenport, 1836 Nov[ember] 10
Description:
Sophia Davenport writes to Miss Weston thanking her her for her letters and sending books. She says she has read part of George Thompson's debate with [Robert J.] Breckenridge and Angelina Grimke's appeal. She regrets that the Liberator cannot be sent to her "for it would be foolish of me to take it, if it would be dangerous to myself and friends, merely for my own personal good, without being of service to the cause." She is delighted that Mr. Luther Lincoln is so "zealous in the cause." She discusses with a friend the possibility that the addressee might come to St. Louis and open a school. She tells of a minister named Charles Farley. Mr. Eliot, the founder of the local anti-slavery society, is going to New Orleans and Mobile. She reports briefly on the church work in Alton and Peoria, Illinois.
Author:
Davenport, Sophia
Date:
November 10, 1836
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--Meetings--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--Societies, etc--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--Newspapers--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--Religious aspects--Christianity--United States--History--19th century
Women abolitionists--United States
Antislavery movements--United States
Women social reformers--United States
Women's rights--United States--History--19th century
Meetings
Societies
Christianity
Enslaved persons--Emancipation--United States
Davenport, Sophia
Grimké, Angelina Emily, 1805-1879
Breckinridge, Robert J. (Robert Jefferson), 1800-1871
Liberator (Boston, Mass. : 1831)
Extent:
1 leaf (4 p.) ; 27 cm.
Permalink:
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Terms of Use:
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Place of origin:
St. Louis, [Missouri]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
Identifier:
6051790
Call #:
MS A.9.2, v.8, p.70
Barcode:
39999085845608