Letter from Angelina Emily Grimkè, Methuen, [Massachusetts], to Henry Clark Wright, 1837 [July] 30

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Title:
Letter from Angelina Emily Grimkè, Methuen, [Massachusetts], to Henry Clark Wright, 1837 [July] 30
Description:
Angelina Emily Grimkè writes to Henry Clark Wright regarding an address she delivered at Andover. She writes, "During part of the time there was a great deal of bad thunder & vivid lightning so that I was compelled to exert my voice more than usual." She writes about Sarah, her sister, who has not been well and asks "Do beg the sisters in Boston to send for her and entreat her to leave me. She keeps saying that it is of no consequence how soon she wears out, but I think this is very wrong, besides which she is actually wearing me out too, where I thinks it is of consequences for I want if my Master is willing to fight those battles of woman & the slave through & through to the end." She also describes a trip to Lowell. Angelina Emily Grimke writes a second letter on the back to Lydia Fuller in which she gives her instructions to send her specific clothing of hers to Groton.
Addressee:
Wright, Henry Clarke, 1797-1870
Author:
Grimké, Angelina Emily, 1805-1879
Date:
[July 30, 1837]
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Manuscripts
Location:
Boston Public Library
Rare Books Department
Collection (local):
Anti-Slavery Collection
Subjects:
Women abolitionists--United States--History--19th century--Correspondence
Women social reformers--United States--History--19th century
Abolitionists--United States--19th century--Correspondence
Antislavery movements--Lectures and lecturing--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--Societies, etc--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--Meetings--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--United States--History--19th century
Women abolitionists--United States
Women social reformers--United States
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--United States
Lectures and lecturing
Societies
Meetings
Women's rights--United States--History--19th century
Wright, Henry Clarke, 1797-1870
Fuller, Lydia
Grimké, Angelina Emily, 1805-1879
Grimké, Sarah, 1792-1873
Extent:
1 leaf (4 p.) ; 25 cm.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/2z10z091c
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Place of origin:
Methuen, [Massachusetts]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
Year of letter is written in pencil.
Notes (date):
This date is inferred.
Identifier:
5114168
Call #:
MS A.1.2 v.6, p.56
Barcode:
39999085430229