Letter from Isabella Massie, Upper Clapton, [England], to John Bishop Estlin, 1850 March 20

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Title:
Letter from Isabella Massie, Upper Clapton, [England], to John Bishop Estlin, 1850 March 20
Description:
Isabella Massie writes to John Bishop Estlin regarding the anti-slavery cause. She writes, "I grieve to find the Anti-slavery feeling of the three kingdoms all but extinguished. So many causes operate to crush every feeling & effort, that it must with one expressing sentiments like your own is as water to a thirsty soul. I entirely concur with you respecting the Antislavery Reporter, & have been more pain than pleasant to Scoble, I fear." She criticises the antislavery society and its leaders, and in particular the mInisters. She writes, "the Ministers of religion in this country & in America are verily guilty. From the moment those loathsome reptiles (pardon the comparison) landed in this country & were received with open arms by the Evangelical Alliance, from that moment, I say did their deadly poison spread & contaminate the...sphere of England....They flattered, cajoled, &...mesmerized the ministers in this country, gained their point & returned triumphing in their wickedness."
Author:
Massie, Isabella
Addressee:
Estlin, J. B. (John Bishop), 1785-1855
Date:
March 20, 1850
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Manuscripts
Location:
Boston Public Library
Rare Books Department
Collection (local):
Anti-Slavery Collection
Subjects:
Abolitionists--England--19th century--Correspondence
Abolitionists--United States--19th century--Correspondence
Antislavery movements--Religious aspects--Christianity--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--Religious aspects--Christianity--Great Britain--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--Great Britain--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--Meetings--Great Britain--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--Publishing--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--United States--History--19th century
Christianity--United States--19th century
Women abolitionists--England--History--19th century
Women social reformers--England--History--19th century
Christianity--Great Britain--19th century
Abolitionists
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--United States
Christianity
Antislavery movements--Great Britain
Meetings
Publishers and publishing
Christianity--United States
Women abolitionists
Women social reformers
Christianity--Great Britain
Estlin, J. B. (John Bishop), 1785-1855
Massie, Isabella
Places:
United Kingdom
England
Extent:
1 leaf (4 p.) ; 20 cm.
Permalink:
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Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
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Place of origin:
Upper Clapton, [England]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) manuscript contains at the top of the letter "Copy of a letter from Mrs. Massie to Mr. Estlin and on the side of the first page, annotations are written and signed by Isabella Massie, Upper Clapton, March 20 1850."
Identifier:
5120614
Call #:
MS A.7.3 p.5
Barcode:
39999085430500