Letter from Theodore Parker, West Roxbury, [Massachusetts], to Convers Francis, [18]41 Dec[ember] 9

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Title:
Letter from Theodore Parker, West Roxbury, [Massachusetts], to Convers Francis, [18]41 Dec[ember] 9
Description:
Theodore Parker writes to Convers Francis in regards to Bible interpretations. He says that Francis is a "living library & a walking Academy of Arts & Science & Philosophies & theologies." He poses the question of why men are unwilling to marry on Friday. He wonders if it is a Teutonic superstition. He asks questions about the authors of the Old Testament and whether they knew of the "immortality of the soul." He asks his thoughts on the fall of man in the Bible
Author:
Parker, Theodore, 1810-1860
Addressee:
Francis, Convers, 1795-1863
Date:
[December 9, 1841]
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Manuscripts
Location:
Boston Public Library
Rare Books Department
Collection (local):
Anti-Slavery Collection
Subjects:
Abolitionists--United States--19th century--Correspondence
Antislavery movements--United States--History--19th century
Christianity--United States--19th century
Lectures and lecturing--United States--History--19th century
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--United States
Christianity--United States
Lectures and lecturing
Bible--Criticism, interpretation, etc.--History--19th century
Parker, Theodore, 1810-1860
Francis, Convers, 1795-1863
Extent:
1 leaf (4 p.) ; 26 cm.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/2z10zz13s
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Place of origin:
West Roxbury, [Massachusetts]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) manuscript contains provenance annotations in pencil in the top left corner.
Notes (date):
This date is inferred.
Identifier:
5764151
Call #:
MS C.1.6, p.15
Barcode:
39999085838223