Letter from Increase S. Smith, Hingham, [Mass.], to Caroline Weston, Dec. 13, 1839

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Title:
Letter from Increase S. Smith, Hingham, [Mass.], to Caroline Weston, Dec. 13, 1839
Author:
Smith, Increase S.
Addressee:
Weston, Caroline, 1808-1882
Date:
December 13, 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, Increase S.
Lyell, Charles, Sir, 1797-1875
Smith, Gerrit, 1797-1874
Places:
Massachusetts > Suffolk (county) > Boston
Extent:
1 leaf (4 p.) ; 9 7/8 x 7 3/4 in.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/qz20v352j
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 comments about a letter: "How should such a 'Letter' get wind? It seems to me that the 'mouth piece' of the New Organisation must have been hard pressed indeed, to utter such sounds and sentiments as that Letter contains. Treachery will out sooner or later." He regrets that the Liberator mentioned Gerrit Smith "even in a query." Increase S. Smith is "heart-sick of all manoeuvering [sic] for party purposes." He has just finished reading Lyell's great work on geology. [The fifth edition of Sir Charles Lyell's "Principles of Geology" appeared in 1837, the "Elements of Geology" comprised a part of the former work.]
Identifier:
3133848
Call #:
Ms.A.9.2 v.12, p.117
Barcode:
39999066780022
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