Letter from Edmund Quincy, Dedham, [Mass.], to Maria Weston Chapman, Dec. 9, [18]40

Title:: Letter from Edmund Quincy, Dedham, [Mass.], to Maria Weston Chapman, Dec. 9, [18]40
Author:: Quincy, Edmund, 1808-1877
Addressee:: Chapman, Maria Weston, 1806-1885
Date:: [December 9, 1840]
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
Quincy, Edmund, 1808-1877
Bishop, Joel Prentiss, 1814-1901
Chapman, Maria Weston, 1806-1885
Collins, John A. (John Anderson), 1810-1879
Places:: Massachusetts > Suffolk (county) > Boston
Extent:: 1 leaf (4 p.) ; 7 7/8 x 4 7/8 in.
Permalink:: https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/qz20v4816
Terms of Use:: No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.

Place of origin:: Dedham, [Mass.]
Language:: English
Notes:: Holograph, signed with initials.
Edmund Quincy complains of a lack of news and wants to know if the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society's Board is still alive. He has sent a precious manuscript to the Liberty Bell and does not know if it has been accepted. He fears that he has fallen from Joel P. Bishop's good graces. Edmund Quincy exclaims that the Abolitionist is "down upon Collins!"
Notes (date):: This date is inferred.
Identifier:: 3133887
Call #:: Ms.A.9.2 v.14, p.73
Barcode:: 39999066779263
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