Letter from Richard Davis Webb, Dublin, [Ireland], to Caroline Weston, 14th of October 1851

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Place of origin:
Dublin, [Ireland]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Richard Davis Webb presumably wrote this letter to Caroline Weston.
Richard Davis Webb hears continually from Miss Estlin. He thinks it important to keep the Bristol Anti-Slavery Society on its high level and "to form a nucleus there to counteract the schemes of New Broad Street." Richard D. Webb is glad that Caroline Weston has sent to America for a "full and clear statement of the doings in 1840." He comments on "the prevalent ignorance & indifference of the English to the politics, circumstances, & private history of other people," which makes them easity imposed upon. He tells of a fraudulent collection made in Dublin by a pseudo George Thompson. Richard D. Webb has asked Miss Estlin to send a copy of (John) Bigelow's book, from which Professor Hancock took extracts for a lecture on the West Indies. He discusses Hancock's views on the compensation of slaveholders. The Dublin Anti-Slavery Society consists chiefly of Quakers; many have been "set going to work for the Boston Bazaar." Richard D. Webb discourses on his home and his children. He writes of the kind hospitality he hopes to offer Caroline Weston. He received a "gay, friendly" letter from Emma Weston, who is still in England. Richard D. Webb is glad that Caroline Weston has seen so much of Lady Byron, whom he regards with deep veneration. He mentions the damage caused between George Thompson with his constituents, which Richard D. Webb traces to the hostility of the people connected with New Broad Street, who did not like the stand Thompson took in America. Webb writes of the "recent refusal to Kossuth of a passage through France is a deplorable indication of the shockingly low condition of the nation as represented by its government." He discusses a reply in the Liberator to (James) Grant. He tells at length about going over old letters. Richard D. Webb would love to see (John Henry?) Foley's bar relief. He encloses a letter from Professor (William Henry) Harvey of Trinity College, who is an eminent botanist.
Identifier:
3134303
Call #:
Ms.A.9.2 v.25, p.128
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