Letter from Evelina A. S. Smith, Hingham, [Mass.], to Caroline Weston, July 21, [1839?]

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Title:
Letter from Evelina A. S. Smith, Hingham, [Mass.], to Caroline Weston, July 21, [1839?]
Author:
Smith, Evelina A. S.
Addressee:
Weston, Caroline, 1808-1882
Date:
[July 21, 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
Antislavery movements--United States
Women abolitionists--United States
Weston, Caroline, 1808-1882
Smith, Evelina A. S.
Places:
Massachusetts > Suffolk (county) > Boston
Extent:
1 leaf (4 p.) ; 7 3/4 x 4 7/8 in.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/qz20v1656
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Place of origin:
Hingham, [Mass.]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Evelina A. S. Smith is planning to make some things for the October anti-slavery fair. She describes two sermons by Rev. Sewall on anti-slavery topics. She says the congregation reacted unfavorably to them. She asks who wrote the article on women's rights in the last Boston Quarterly. She criticizes the pro-slavery articles of a man named Brownson.
Identifier:
3133872
Call #:
Ms.A.9.2 v.6, p.96
Barcode:
39999066780287
mq8509370