Partial letter from Lucretia Ann Cowing, [Cecilton?, Maryland], to Anne Warren Weston, [July 27, 1838]

Item Information

Title:
Partial letter from Lucretia Ann Cowing, [Cecilton?, Maryland], to Anne Warren Weston, [July 27, 1838]
Author:
Cowing, Lucretia Ann, 1817-1850?
Addressee:
Weston, Anne Warren, 1812-1890
Date:
[July 27, 1838]
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Manuscripts
Location:
Boston Public Library
Rare Books Department
Collection (local):
Anti-Slavery Collection
Subjects:
Governors--Maryland
Antislavery movements--United States--History--19th century
Women abolitionists--Massachusetts--Boston--19th century--Correspondence
Governors
Antislavery movements--United States
Women abolitionists--United States
Weston, Anne Warren, 1812-1890
Cowing, Lucretia Ann, 1817-1850?
Grimké, Angelina Emily, 1805-1879
Places:
Massachusetts > Suffolk (county) > Boston
Maryland
Extent:
1 leaf (4 p.) ; 9 3/4 x 7 3/4 in.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/qz20vm147
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Place of origin:
Cecilton?, Maryland]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
The beginning part of this letter has been cut out and destroyed.
Lucretia Ann Cowing would like to have sent "the pieces in the papers" about the Philadelphia Convention and about the wedding of Angelina E. Grimké, who was said to have black groomsmen and bridesmaids. Cowing reports a conversation with Joseph Veazey (the governor's son?) in which she told him that she was an abolitionist, and he said that "all the abolitionists ought to be hung and I told him he would have to begin with me as I was in his power and as I was one of them." Cowing remarks: "If you could only see the Gov.'s lady storm, and beat the poor slave you would think she was one of the furies." Cowing comments on news about various acquaintances.
Notes (date):
This date is inferred.
Identifier:
3134243
Call #:
Ms.A.9.2 v.10, p.43
Barcode:
39999066779073
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