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Richard Davis Webb writes to Mary Anne Estlin in regards to being unable to go to London immediately. When he does go, he wants to have the company of Mary Anne and her father. He has a proposition for a convention but it was "nothing very formal or serious." He doesn't think it will be difficult to bring together the friends of the American Anti-Slavery Society, "aided by the presence of the Westons." He received letters from Anne Warren Weston and Caroline Weston. The Ladies Anti-Slavery Society Committee is about to issue an appeal to the clergy in Ireland. He writes, "antislavery is a more popular subject from having been more & more efectively agitated in England than in Ireland." He writes of disagreements between the American Anti-Slavery Society and the British & Foreign Anti-Slavery Society and says that he would by no means "surrender our own ideas of the best war of helping the cause."
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Letter from Richard Davis Webb, Dublin, [Ireland], to Mary Anne Estlin, 1851 May 18
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title
Letter from Richard Davis Webb, Dublin, [Ireland], to Mary Anne Estlin, 1851 May 18
description
Richard Davis Webb writes to Mary Anne Estlin in regards to being unable to go to London immediately. When he does go, he wants to have the company of Mary Anne and her father. He has a proposition for a convention but it was "nothing very formal or serious." He doesn't think it will be difficult to bring together the friends of the American Anti-Slavery Society, "aided by the presence of the Westons." He received letters from Anne Warren Weston and Caroline Weston. The Ladies Anti-Slavery Society Committee is about to issue an appeal to the clergy in Ireland. He writes, "antislavery is a more popular subject from having been more & more efectively agitated in England than in Ireland." He writes of disagreements between the American Anti-Slavery Society and the British & Foreign Anti-Slavery Society and says that he would by no means "surrender our own ideas of the best war of helping the cause."
date
["May 18, 1851"]
year
1851
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
5712828
creators
Webb, Richard Davis, 1805-1872
Estlin, Mary Anne, 1820-1902
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Anti-Slavery Collection
subjects
Antislavery movements--Meetings--Great Britain--History--19th century
Abolitionists--England--19th century--Correspondence
Abolitionists--United States--19th century--Correspondence
Antislavery movements--Great Britain--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--United States--History--19th century
Women abolitionists--England--History--19th century
Women social reformers--England--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--Great Britain
Meetings
Abolitionists
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--United States
Women abolitionists
Women social reformers
American Anti-Slavery Society
British and Foreign Anti-slavery Society
Ladies Anti-Slavery Society
Estlin, Mary Anne, 1820-1902
Weston, Anne Warren, 1812-1890
Weston, Caroline, 1808-1882
Webb, Richard Davis, 1805-1872
Estlin, J. B. (John Bishop), 1785-1855
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England
Europe
United Kingdom
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Correspondence
Manuscripts
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Text
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United Kingdom
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1
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1 leaf (4 p.) ; 23 cm.
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54
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-4.5
notes
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) manuscript contains a seal on the back of the letter.
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Dublin, [Ireland]
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2z10zt02f
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photo
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