Letter from Increase S. Smith, Hingham, [Mass.], to Caroline Weston, Oct. 31, 1835

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Title:
Letter from Increase S. Smith, Hingham, [Mass.], to Caroline Weston, Oct. 31, 1835
Author:
Smith, Increase S.
Addressee:
Weston, Caroline, 1808-1882
Date:
October 31, 1835
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, Increase S.
Moorfield, James, Mrs.
Places:
Massachusetts > Suffolk (county) > Boston
Extent:
1 leaf (4 p.) ; 10 x 8 in.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/qz20v176q
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Place of origin:
Hingham, [Mass.]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Increase S. Smith heard that Caroline Weston expressed her sympathy to Mrs. Moorfield and family. He reflects on divine mercy. He refers to Caroline Weston's part in the meeting recently mobbed, and he explains why he thinks the measures of the abolitionists are wrong. He deprecates the mob spirit which pervades the land and thinks the burning of [Ursuline] Convent enough for New England for a quarter of a century, and he grieves at the lenity with which the mob is spoken of. Increase S. Smith invites Caroline Weston to visit him, and he will give her an "aesthetic tea." He tells of his plans for instructing the Young Ladies' Reading Society.
Identifier:
3133841
Call #:
Ms.A.9.2 v.7, p.73
Barcode:
39999066779958
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