Letter from Mary E. Robbins, Lynn, [Massachusetts], to Anne Warren Weston, 1839 Jan[uary] 11

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Title:
Letter from Mary E. Robbins, Lynn, [Massachusetts], to Anne Warren Weston, 1839 Jan[uary] 11
Description:
Mary E. Robbins writes to Anne Warren Weston in regards to the conversation at her house which left "unlovely impressions" on Anne's mind. She has felt the deepest sympathy for Emerson and Alcott. She gathered her own notions from St. John's Gospel and says, "not that I love Paul less than others, but I love Jesus more, and must think that Paul was not wholly regenerate." She advises not to identify spirtualism with materialism. She discusses her ideas and comments, "if this be atheism, all I have to say is, Jesus was an atheist." She writes that her faith is the "stronghold of my abolitionism."
Author:
Robbins, Mary E.
Addressee:
Weston, Anne Warren, 1812-1890
Date:
January 11, 1839
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Manuscripts
Location:
Boston Public Library
Rare Books Department
Collection (local):
Anti-Slavery Collection
Subjects:
Women abolitionists--United States--19th century--Correspondence
Antislavery movements--United States--History--19th century
Women social reformers--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--Religious aspects--Christianity--United States--History--19th century
Spiritualism--United States--History--19th century
Spiritualists--United States--History--19th century
Women abolitionists--United States
Antislavery movements--United States
Women social reformers--United States
Christianity
Spiritualism--United States
Spiritualists
Weston, Anne Warren, 1812-1890
Robbins, Mary E.
Alcott, Louisa May, 1832-1888
Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882
Extent:
1 leaf (4 p.) ; 25 cm.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/2z110j529
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Place of origin:
Lynn, [Massachusetts]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
Identifier:
5927969
Call #:
MS A.9.2, v.9, p.37
Barcode:
39999085842373