Letter from Amos Farnsworth, Groton, [Mass.], to Anne Warren Weston, 30 July [18]45

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Title:
Letter from Amos Farnsworth, Groton, [Mass.], to Anne Warren Weston, 30 July [18]45
Author:
Farnsworth, Amos, 1788-1861
Addressee:
Weston, Anne Warren, 1812-1890
Date:
[July 30, 1845]
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
Farnsworth, Amos, 1788-1861
Places:
Massachusetts > Suffolk (county) > Boston
Extent:
1 leaf (4 p.) ; 10 x 7 7/8 in.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/cv43qh87h
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Place of origin:
Groton, [Mass.]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Amos Farnsworth encloses three articles that were recently published in the Courier and relate to the Constitution, which he wishes Anne Warren Weston "thoughtfully to read." Farnsworth states: "It is perfect nonsense to talk of destroying the Constitution as an antislavery measure. It is a proslavery measure decidedly." Farnsworth's object is to get rid of slavery. He says: "The American & Mass. A. S. S. have given up the 'stuff of accomplishment' & everybody sees it to be so. The enemies of Garrison, of Old Org. of the A. S. cause are delighted with your present position; ..." Furthermore, "non resistance has placed the society in a somewhat ridiculous situation." He points out certain inconsistencies in the Society's position. Farnsworth believes that "these ultraisms" prevent accessions to the ranks of Old Organization. Farnsworth says: "I am very sure that in 1845 in democratic U. States, power, aye, moral power, is very nearly in proportion to numbers."
Notes (date):
This date is inferred.
Identifier:
3134364
Call #:
Ms.A.9.2 v.21, p.42
Barcode:
39999066746601
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