Letter from Ellis Gray Loring, Boston, [Mass.], to Caroline Weston, Jan. 18, 1846

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Title:
Letter from Ellis Gray Loring, Boston, [Mass.], to Caroline Weston, Jan. 18, 1846
Author:
Loring, Ellis Gray, 1803-1858
Addressee:
Weston, Caroline, 1808-1882
Date:
January 18, 1846
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
Fugitive slaves
Antislavery movements--United States
Women abolitionists--United States
Weston, Caroline, 1808-1882
Loring, Ellis Gray, 1803-1858
Places:
Massachusetts > Suffolk (county) > Boston
Extent:
1 leaf (4 p.) ; 9 7/8 x 8 in.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/qz20vq200
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Place of origin:
Boston, [Mass.]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
This letter is concerned with a slave boy Martin, who was thrown upon the care of Ellis Gray Loring. Mr. G. Soward of the Hopedale community offered to adopt him and make him a member of the community. Last summer Martin went to Hopedale. Mr. Soward has informed Ellis G. Loring that "Martin exerts an unfavorable influence & sets a bad example to their children---that they are unwilling he should remain there longer." Ellis G. Loring fears that "his moral habits are in some way injured." He requests Caroline Weston to ascertain whether he could obtain for Martin a seaman's apprenticeship or the like on board a whaling or other vessel in New Bedford.
For other letters by Ellis Gray Loring to Caroline Weston, in which Martin is discussed, see Call No. Ms.A.9.2 v.22, p.17, letter dated Feb. 1, 1846, and Ms.A.9.2 v.22, p.23, letter dated Feb. 22, 1846.
Identifier:
2813325
Call #:
Ms.A.9.2 v.22, p.9
Barcode:
39999066778836
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