Letter from Caroline Weston, [Newark, New Jersey?], to Mrs. Worcester and the Newark Ladies' Peace Society

Item Information

Title:
Letter from Caroline Weston, [Newark, New Jersey?], to Mrs. Worcester and the Newark Ladies' Peace Society
Author:
Weston, Caroline, 1808-1882
Addressee:
Worcester, Mrs.
Addressee:
Newark Ladies' Peace Society
Date:
[ca. 1832–1867]
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Manuscripts
Location:
Boston Public Library
Rare Books Department
Collection (local):
Anti-Slavery Collection
Subjects:
Newark Ladies' Society--Correspondence
Antislavery movements--United States--History--19th century
Women abolitionists--Massachusetts--Boston--19th century--Correspondence
Antislavery movements--United States
Women abolitionists--United States
Weston, Caroline, 1808-1882
Worcester, Mrs.
Newark Ladies' Peace Society
Places:
Massachusetts > Suffolk (county) > Boston
Extent:
1 leaf (4 p.) ; 9 x 7 1/4 in.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/vm417n810
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Place of origin:
[Newark, New Jersey?]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph.
Caroline Weston acknowledges a letter which was read by the Society "with the holiest interest." She rejoices that the Newark Ladies' Peace Society has been drawn to a consideration of the great truths to promulgate by associating themselves as a peace society. The sympathy of Christian friends is peculiarly valuable in a field which promises a glorious harvest, but in which the laborers seem few. She dwells on the traditional view of war as frequently praiseworthy, and on the dazzling effect of martial array and the seemingly heroic. Reflection, however, convinced them of the sinfulness of war, and we saw that it brought in its train all other sins. The Gospel of Christ is sufficient guide; to love our enemies and to resist those who persecute us is the only warfare in which we may lawfully engage. As in this Christian cause they had no right to remain inactive, they determined to do what they could.
The letter is written in pencil with many deletions. Apparently a rough draft.
For another version of this letter, see Call No. Ms.A.9.2 v.6, p.75.
Identifier:
2797278
Call #:
Ms.A.9.2 v.6, p.64
Barcode:
39999063101453
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