Letter from Harriet Beecher Stowe, Brunswick, [Maine], to Gamaliel Bailey, [1851] March 9

Item Information

Title:
Letter from Harriet Beecher Stowe, Brunswick, [Maine], to Gamaliel Bailey, [1851] March 9
Description:
Harriet Beecher Stowe writes to Gamaliel Bailey in regards to writing a new story which will "give lights and shadows of the patriarchal institution." She writes of the evils of slavery. She writes of her admiration of Grace Greenwood and enjoys reading her letters. She writes of sending Mrs. Bailey a story a few weeks ago and has heard nothing since. She requests that it be returned to her if it is not published.
Author:
Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811-1896
Addressee:
Bailey, Gamaliel, 1807-1859
Date:
[March 9, 1851]
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
Antislavery movements--Publishing--United States--History--19th century
Social justice--United States--History--19th century
Abolitionists--United States--19th century--Correspondence
Antislavery movements--United States--History--19th century
Women educators--United States--History--19th century
Women abolitionists--United States
Antislavery movements--United States
Publishers and publishing
Slavery
Enslaved persons--Social conditions
Social justice--United States
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
Women educators--United States
Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811-1896
Bailey, Gamaliel, 1807-1859
Extent:
1 leaf (2 p.) ; 27 cm.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/2z111589v
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Place of origin:
Brunswick, [Maine]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) typescript contains annotations that say To Gamaliel Bailey, Editor of the National En., Washington, D.C. [1851] Maine."
Notes (date):
This date is inferred.
Identifier:
5143366
Call #:
MS A.1.2 v.20, p.9
Barcode:
39999086049572