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Holograph, signed.
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qz20v551p
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Letter from Evelina A. S. Smith, Hingham, [Mass.], to Caroline Weston, Apr[il] 12, 1841
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qz20v551p
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title
Letter from Evelina A. S. Smith, Hingham, [Mass.], to Caroline Weston, Apr[il] 12, 1841
description
Holograph, signed.
date
["April 12, 1841"]
year
1841
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
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No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
3133856
creators
Smith, Evelina A. S.
Weston, Caroline, 1808-1882
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Anti-Slavery Collection
subjects
Abolitionists--Massachusetts--Hingham
Antislavery movements--United States--History--19th century
Women abolitionists--Massachusetts--Boston--19th century--Correspondence
Abolitionists--United States
Antislavery movements--United States
Women abolitionists--United States
Weston, Caroline, 1808-1882
Smith, Evelina A. S.
Stearns, Oliver, 1807-1885
Boston Female Anti-slavery Society
Follen, Charles, 1796-1840
subjectsGeographic
Boston
Hingham
Massachusetts
North and Central America
Plymouth (county)
Suffolk (county)
United States
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Correspondence
Manuscripts
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Text
country
United States
state
Massachusetts
county
Suffolk
city
Boston
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1
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1 leaf (4 p.) ; 10 3/8 x 8 1/4 in.
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yes
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42.35
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-71.05
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."
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Hingham, [Mass.]
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qz20v551p
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