Letter from Joseph Carpenter, New Rochelle, to Alfred Harry Love, [Feburary[ 4th 1867

Item Information

Title:
Letter from Joseph Carpenter, New Rochelle, to Alfred Harry Love, [Feburary[ 4th 1867
Description:
Joseph Carpenter writes Alfred H. Love thanking him for the letter, paper, and pamphlet sent to him, and states that he is always delighted to contemplate and discuss the "subject of Peace". Carpenter asserts that history reveals enough examples of the impossibility of eradicating "evil from the mind of Man" through use of violence, while "the power and omnipotence of Kindness, Gentleness, and Love" and adherence to the "Heavenly Principles of Nonresistance" may do so. Carpenter rebukes the hypocrisy of Christian sects who adhere to the rallying cry of "Peacably if we can, Forcibly if we Must", and in particular rebukes George Fox.
Author:
Carpenter, Joseph, 1793-1872
Addressee:
Love, Alfred H. (Alfred Harry), 1830-1913
Date:
[February 4, 1867]
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Manuscripts
Location:
Boston Public Library
Rare Books Department
Collection (local):
Anti-Slavery Collection
Subjects:
Antislavery movements--United States--History--19th century
Abolitionists--United States--19th century--Correspondence
Antislavery movements--United States
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
Pacifists--United States
Christian moral exhortation
Love, Alfred H. (Alfred Harry), 1830-1913
Child, Lydia Maria, 1802-1880
Extent:
1 leaf (4 p.) ; 26.9 x 21 cm.
Permalink:
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Terms of Use:
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Place of origin:
New Rochelle, [N.Y.]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
Manuscript is dated "2d mo 4th 1867".
Manuscript includes a post-script by Alfred H. Love stating that Carpenter is the "Friend Joseph" so often referenced by Lydia Maria Child in the Anti-Slavery Standard.
Notes (date):
This date is inferred.
Identifier:
4664753
Call #:
MS A.1.2 v.35, p.6B
Barcode:
39999066765890