Letter from Evelina A. S. Smith, Hingham, [Mass.], to Caroline Weston, July 3, 1837

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Title:
Letter from Evelina A. S. Smith, Hingham, [Mass.], to Caroline Weston, July 3, 1837
Author:
Smith, Evelina A. S.
Addressee:
Weston, Caroline, 1808-1882
Date:
July 3, 1837
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.
Martineau, Harriet, 1802-1876
Wayland, Francis, 1796-1865
Places:
Massachusetts > Suffolk (county) > Boston
Extent:
1 leaf (4 p.) ; 9 3/4 x 7 3/4 in.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/qz20v191t
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 indebted to Caroline Weston for sending pamphlets and a letter in which there is a "hearty invitation to share your 'couch, and bread & butter,' during the anniversaries." Evelina A. S. Smith comments on the women's convention in New York. Evelina A. S. Smith is impressed by Harriet Martineau's book and remarks on the tirades of newspaper editors against it, in revenge for Martineau's criticism of the American Press. Evelina A. S. Smith exclaims: "Is it not shameful, abominable." She discusses the book at length, remarking on Miss Martineau's "grave charge of intemperance among American ladies," which Evelina A. S. Smith considers as having little foundation. Harriet Martineau "gives the Abolitionists high praise." [Society in America, by Harriet Martineau, appeared in 1837.] Evelina A. S. Smith recently rode to Weymouth and found it a delightful place, "much superior to Hingham in natural loveliness." Evelina A. S. Smith hopes Caroline Weston will visit her. Evelina A. S. Smith is reading Francis Wayland's Elements of Moral Science, and comments that "he expresses his peculiar theological views to distinctly, it appears to me, for a scientific manual, to be used in schools and colleges." [Elements of Moral Science, by Francis Wayland, appeared in 1835.]
Identifier:
3133851
Call #:
Ms.A.9.2 v.9, p.44B
Barcode:
39999066780063
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