Letter from Theodore Parker, Santa Cruz, [California], to Francis Jackson, 1859 March 21

Item Information

Title:
Letter from Theodore Parker, Santa Cruz, [California], to Francis Jackson, 1859 March 21
Description:
Theodore Parker writes to Francis Jackson in regards to his health. He writes, "If I don't get better here you must make up your mind to let me go for if the air of Santa Cruz does not help me nothing will or can." He writes of the town of Santa Cruz and of its history of slavery.
Author:
Parker, Theodore, 1810-1860
Addressee:
Jackson, Francis, 1789-1861
Date:
March 21, 1859
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Manuscripts
Location:
Boston Public Library
Rare Books Department
Collection (local):
Anti-Slavery Collection
Subjects:
Abolitionists--United States--19th century--Correspondence
Antislavery movements--United States--History--19th century
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--United States
Slave trade--United States--History
Slavery and the church--United States
Enslaved persons--Social conditions
Slavery
Parker, Theodore, 1810-1860
Jackson, Francis, 1789-1861
Extent:
1 leaf (4 p.) ; 25 cm.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/2z111b595
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Place of origin:
Santa Cruz, [California]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
Letter is a copy.
Identifier:
5739893
Call #:
MS A.1.2 v.29, p.35
Barcode:
39999086049010