James Kay Jr. autograph letter signed to John Sullivan Dwight, Philadelphia, March 2, 1846

Item Information

Title:
James Kay Jr. autograph letter signed to John Sullivan Dwight, Philadelphia, March 2, 1846
Description:
Kay despairs more than ever about the possibilities for the success of Brook Farm. There has been too much emphasis on associationism and reform, and not enough on making each member working to make the community pay its own way. Quoted in The Idyll of Brook Farm, p. 37-38.
Addressee:
Dwight, John Sullivan, 1813-1893
Name on Item:
James Kay Jun.
Date:
March 2, 1846
Format:
Manuscripts
Letters/Correspondence
Location:
Boston Public Library
Rare Books Department
MS E.4.1 (shelf locator)
Collection (local):
John Sullivan Dwight correspondence regarding Brook Farm, 1840-1848
Subjects:
Brook Farm Phalanx (West Roxbury, Boston, Mass.)
Places:
Pennsylvania > Philadelphia (county) > Philadelphia
Extent:
2 sheets (7 p.)
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/cz30q153g
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Language:
English
Notes:
Title supplied by cataloger.
Notes (date):
Date from item.
Notes (publications):
Letter quoted in: Haraszti, Zoltàn. "The Idyll of Brook Farm as Revealed by Unpublished Letters in the Boston Public Library." Trustees of the Boston Public Library, 1937, Boston.
Call #:
MS E.4.1 no. 58
Barcode:
39999085841391