Letter from Evelina A. S. Smith, Hingham, [Mass.], to Caroline Weston, Oct. 25, [18]40

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Place of origin:
Hingham, [Mass.]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
In this letter, Evelina A. S. Smith writes: "...I have suffered the impressed to go abroad, that I should take a table, in part and mostly, to waken up the dormant zeal that is slumbering in the hearts of our Hingham Abolitionists. I feel that much more will be contributed, if it is known that one of their number is to superintend the sale of their contributions." The Hingham Anti-Slavery Society "is somewhat new organized in spirit, although not in form." She thanks Caroline Weston for her offer to make Mrs. Maria W. Chapman's house her headquarters. Mr. Increase S. Smith's contributions to the Liberty Bell are nonexistent, as "he has the Bird fever now." She comments on (George?) Ripley's "letter to his people." Evelina A. S. Smith tells of a visit by Amos Bronson Alcott in which "he complained much of the treatment he had received, and there was a tone of bitterness, in the conversation, that I have never seen him have before." She refers to the Transcendentalists' plan of forming a community in Concord. Adin Ballou and his followers "are anxious for such a society."
Notes (date):
This date is inferred.
Identifier:
3133854
Call #:
Ms.A.9.2 v.14, p.44
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