Letter from Amos Farnsworth, Groton, [Mass.], to Anne Warren Weston, 28 Nov. 1839

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Title:
Letter from Amos Farnsworth, Groton, [Mass.], to Anne Warren Weston, 28 Nov. 1839
Author:
Farnsworth, Amos, 1788-1861
Addressee:
Weston, Anne Warren, 1812-1890
Date:
November 28, 1839
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
Christian union
Antislavery movements--United States
Women abolitionists--United States
Weston, Anne Warren, 1812-1890
Farnsworth, Amos, 1788-1861
Hawley, Silas, 1815-1883
Places:
Massachusetts > Suffolk (county) > Boston
Extent:
1 leaf (4 p.) ; 9 7/8 x 7 3/4 in.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/cv43qg48m
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
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Place of origin:
Groton, [Mass.]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Silas Hawley gave several lectures on "Christian union," and "the ministers were all out to hear, & the lash was put on to them without stint." Amos Farnsworth describes the effect: "They looked like sheep-stealers with halters on." A new church will be formed on the principles of Christian union. Dudley Phelps has denounced Christion union in the pulpit. Owing to bad weather, the anti-slavery fair in Lowell did not come off as well as Farnsworth hoped. Farnsworth writes: "The old organization is looking up in this quarter, & disorganization is looking down." Farnsworth is about to move to Boston, on the corner of Tremont and Boylston Streets, "where we can look into the country."
Identifier:
3134354
Call #:
Ms.A.9.2 v.12, p.97
Barcode:
39999066746486
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