Letter from Mary Anne Estlin, Bristol, [England], to James Miller M'Kim, 1853 June 26

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Title:
Letter from Mary Anne Estlin, Bristol, [England], to James Miller M'Kim, 1853 June 26
Description:
Mary Anne Estlin writes to James Miller McKim regarding her father's health condition. She writes, "His medical friends think it safest for him thus to follow inclination & to give himself up to rest as long as he feels indisposed for exertion." She also writes of letters from various mutual friends on antislavery news. She writes, "I hope you have received....'The Advocate.' R.D. Webb says he could not help laying to take F. Douglass down a peg or two, & he is sure Douglass suspects Mr. Chapman of having written the obnoxious article & is unconsequently uncited."
Author:
Estlin, Mary Anne, 1820-1902
Addressee:
M'Kim, J. Miller (James Miller), 1810-1874
Date:
June 26, 1853
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--Newspapers--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--Publishing--United States--History--19th century
Abolitionists--Public opinion--United States--19th century
Antislavery movements--Meetings--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--Great Britain--History--19th century
Women abolitionists--England--History--19th century
Women social reformers--England--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--United States--History--19th century
Abolitionists
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--United States
Publishers and publishing
Abolitionists--United States
Public opinion
Meetings
Antislavery movements--Great Britain
Women abolitionists
Women social reformers
Estlin, Mary Anne, 1820-1902
M'Kim, J. Miller (James Miller), 1810-1874
Webb, Richard Davis, 1805-1872
Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895
Estlin, J. B. (John Bishop), 1785-1855
Places:
United Kingdom
England
Extent:
1 leaf (10 p.) ; 21 cm.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/2z10z630w
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Place of origin:
Bristol, [England]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
Identifier:
5122440
Call #:
MS A.1.2 v.22, p.92
Barcode:
39999085430633