Letter from Edmund Quincy to Caroline Weston, June 2'd, [1843?]

Title:: Letter from Edmund Quincy to Caroline Weston, June 2'd, [1843?]
Author:: Quincy, Edmund, 1808-1877
Addressee:: Weston, Caroline, 1808-1882
Date:: [June 2, 1843?]
Format:: Letters/Correspondence
Manuscripts
Location:: Boston Public Library
Rare Books Department
Collection (local):: Anti-Slavery Collection
Subjects:: Abolitionists--Political activity--United States
Antislavery movements--United States--History--19th century
Women abolitionists--Massachusetts--Boston--19th century--Correspondence
Abolitionists--United States
Political participation
Antislavery movements--United States
Women abolitionists--United States
Weston, Caroline, 1808-1882
Quincy, Edmund, 1808-1877
Foster, Stephen S. (Stephen Symonds), 1809-1881
Places:: Massachusetts > Suffolk (county) > Boston
Extent:: 1 leaf (4 p.) ; 10 5/8 x 8 1/4 in.
Permalink:: https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/qz20v145q
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Language:: English
Notes:: Holograph, signed.
Edmund Quincy informally reports on a convention which concerned the question of voting in federal elections for pro-slavery candidates. He tells how the chairman dealt with Stephen S. Foster. John Jay came to town, but did not visit Edmund Quincy or his friends. Edmund Quincy asks Caroline Weston's opinion of certain letters. Edmund Quincy intends to resign from the Board.
Identifier:: 2809529
Call #:: Ms.A.9.2 v.6, p.73
Barcode:: 39999066779479
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