Letter from John Bishop Estlin, Bristol, [England], to Philip Pearsall Carpenter, 1855 June 7

Item Information

Title:
Letter from John Bishop Estlin, Bristol, [England], to Philip Pearsall Carpenter, 1855 June 7
Description:
John Bishop Estlin writes to Rev[erend] Philip Carpenter in regards to enlightening his sister Susan on the course she is now taking on antislavery matters. He is concerned of seeing her name as a receiver of the Rochester Bazaar. He writes, "It is very fine & sentimental to talk about helping all A.S. parties in America, but those who affect to do this are either very ignorant or have the true interest of the slave very little at heart. The Boston Bazaar is the one connected with the Am[erican] A[nti]. S[lavery]. Soc[iety]." Parker Pillsbury is a good "specimen" of them, he writes. He believes the Rochester Bazaar is instituted for the benefit of Frederick Douglass. He criticizes Douglass and says he is a man "keenly alive to his own interest, and those who know him least are satisfied that he left the American society when he found he could proceed his own interest best in other ways."
Addressee:
Carpenter, Philip P. (Philip Pearsall), 1819-1877
Author:
Estlin, J. B. (John Bishop), 1785-1855
Date:
June 7, 1855
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--Great Britain--History--19th century
African American abolitionists--History--19th century
African American educators--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--Societies, etc--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--Anti-slavery fairs--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--Newspapers--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--Publishing--United States--History--19th century
Abolitionists
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--Great Britain
African American abolitionists
African American educators
Antislavery movements--United States
Societies
Publishers and publishing
American Anti-Slavery Society
Pillsbury, Parker, 1809-1898
Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895
Carpenter, Philip P. (Philip Pearsall), 1819-1877
Estlin, J. B. (John Bishop), 1785-1855
Places:
United Kingdom
England
Extent:
2 leaves (2 p.) ; 26 cm. + 1 envelope (9 x 14 cm.)
Permalink:
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Place of origin:
Bristol, [England]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
Letter is a copy of an unfinished letter from Mr. Estlin to Rev. Philip Carpenter. Contains an envelope from the "Rochester Bazaar" that says "Copy of an unfinished letter from Mr. Estlin to Rev. P.P. Carpenter (June 7 -'55). & of a letter from Mr. R. D. Webb to Rev. R. L.Carpenter." This second letter from R.D. Webb to R.L. Carpenter is not in the folder.
Identifier:
5792744
Call #:
MS A.1.2 v.25, p.33-34
Barcode:
39999085838447