Letter from Evelina A. S. Smith, Hingham, [Mass.], to Caroline Weston, Apr[il] 12, 1841

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Place of origin:
Hingham, [Mass.]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Evelina A. S. Smith writes enthusiastically about the new minister. The abolition meetings are drawing more and more people, but Evelina A. S. Smith questions their motives: "It is through love of Mr. Stearns, rather than love of the slave." She describes Mr. Stearns's efforts on behalf of temperance, and the fluttering caused among the "tavern haunters." Evelina A. S. Smith mourns the loss of Dr. Charles T. C. Follen, "the best of men," and she comments on the "shame the Unitarians of Boston have put upon themselves, by withholding their houses" [for a memorial service]. She tells of a man from Raleigh, NC, who listens to abolition sermons. Evelina A. S. Smith is planning a visit to Washington with a party of friends and wishes that Caroline Weston would join them. Evelina A. S. Smith is puzzled by notices in the Liberator and in the Atlas regarding the Boston Female Anti-Slavery Society and a resolution to dissolve the society. The preamble to this resolution struck Evelina A. S. Smith as "very just and true."
Identifier:
3133856
Call #:
Ms.A.9.2 v.15, p.41
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