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Holograph, signed.
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Document identity
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5h740w189
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Letter from Edmund Quincy, [Dedham, Mass.], to Caroline Weston, [March 9, 1844]
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document
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5h740w189
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document
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normalized
title
Letter from Edmund Quincy, [Dedham, Mass.], to Caroline Weston, [March 9, 1844]
description
Holograph, signed.
date
["March 9, 1844"]
year
1844
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
2809591
creators
Quincy, Edmund, 1808-1877
Weston, Caroline, 1808-1882
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Anti-Slavery Collection
subjects
Abolitionists--Massachusetts--Needham
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
Quincy, Edmund, 1808-1877
Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895
Kimball, Rev.
Liberty Party (U.S. : 1840-1848)
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Collins, John A. (John Anderson), 1810-1879
subjectsGeographic
Boston
Massachusetts
Needham
Norfolk (county)
North and Central America
Suffolk (county)
United States
genreBasic
Correspondence
Manuscripts
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Text
country
United States
state
Massachusetts
county
Norfolk
city
Needham
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pageCount
1
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import
extent
2 leaves (6 p.) ; 9 1/4 x 7 5/8 in.
hasTranscription
yes
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sf268508b
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ht24xg10q
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42.2833
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-71.2333
notes
Holograph, signed.
The beginning of this letter is missing.
Edmund Quincy tells of his efforts to organize an anti-slavery convention in Needham. He tells of a conversation with the Rev. and Mrs. Kimball and their son. He calms their fears that William Lloyd Garrison meant to overthrow the church and abolish the Sabbath. He describes the farm of someone named Whitaker. James N. Buffum and [Henry] Clapp told Edmund Quincy about the Framingham Convention. Edmund Quincy says that he was the first to introduce the anti-slavery cause to the town of Needham. He discusses the Liberty Party and the New Organization. A Baptist deacon defended Nathaniel Colver, which upset Frederick Douglass considerably, causing him to admit that there were good men in the Liberty Party. Edmund Quincy tried to correct his views on this point. Mary Ann Allen, the sister of Mrs. Spear, is engaged to a Dr. Aldrich. He tells of John A. Collins's activities. He mentions a quarrel involving some people named Dabney. Edmund Quincy has been reading Herodotus. He discusses The Man of Feeling by Henry Mackenzie,
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[Dedham, Mass.]
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5h740w189
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document
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1
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0
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photo
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