Letter from James Bradley, Lane Seminary, [Cincinnati, Ohio], to Lydia Maria Child, June 3- [18]34

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Title:
Letter from James Bradley, Lane Seminary, [Cincinnati, Ohio], to Lydia Maria Child, June 3- [18]34
Author:
Bradley, James
Contributor:
Weld, Theodore Dwight, 1803-1895
Addressee:
Child, Lydia Maria, 1802-1880
Date:
[June 1834]
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
Bradley, James
Weld, Theodore Dwight, 1803-1895
Child, Lydia Maria, 1802-1880
Places:
Massachusetts > Suffolk (county) > Boston
Extent:
1 leaf (4 p.) ; 16 3/4 x 21 1/4 in.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/wm118j32b
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Place of origin:
Lane Seminary, [Cincinnati, Ohio]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed. Large folio sheet.
James Bradley describes his personal journey from slavery to freedom that brought him to his current situation at Lane Seminary. Theodore Weld explains that Bradley was called away before he was able to finish copying his letter from the first draft. Weld completes this letter for him.
On page three, Theodore Weld writes a letter to Child explaining his association with Bradley and verifies the authenticity of Bradley's slavery narrative.
Notes (date):
This date is inferred.
Identifier:
3132201
Call #:
MS A.4.1 no.35-36 xxb
Barcode:
39999063210106
mq8391326