Letter from Edmund Quincy, Dedham, [Mass.], to Anne Warren Weston, May 21, 1840

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Title:
Letter from Edmund Quincy, Dedham, [Mass.], to Anne Warren Weston, May 21, 1840
Author:
Quincy, Edmund, 1808-1877
Addressee:
Weston, Anne Warren, 1812-1890
Date:
May 21, 1840
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Manuscripts
Location:
Boston Public Library
Rare Books Department
Collection (local):
Anti-Slavery Collection
Subjects:
Antislavery movements--United States--History--19th century
Women abolitionists--Massachusetts--Boston--19th century--Correspondence
Antislavery movements--United States
Women abolitionists--United States
Weston, Anne Warren, 1812-1890
Quincy, Edmund, 1808-1877
Places:
Massachusetts > Suffolk (county) > Boston
Extent:
2 leaf (6 p.) ; 9 3/4 x 7 7/8 in.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/7s75fr85b
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Place of origin:
Dedham, [Mass.]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Edmund Quincy wishes to be kept informed of current news by his West Street correspondents. He contrasts the grime of New York with the springtime bloom of Dedham. He praises Mrs. James Robbins. Quincy tells in detail about his plans for the new Sunday meetings, separate from the churches in his neighborhood, and the response he met with at the first meetings. After some experimenting, the final decision was in favor of informal discussion meetings. Quincy describes his farming. He sends a message to Mrs. Maria Weston Chapman that he is obliged to her for his speech in the last Liberator, which he considers as much hers as his own. Quincy said: "For my impression was that it was a spooney sort of an affair, but if her report is correct it is one of the best speeches I ever made."
Identifier:
3132941
Call #:
Ms.A.9.2 v.13, p.73
Barcode:
39999063099459
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