Letter from Elizabeth Pease Nichol, Dedham, [Massachusetts], to Maria Weston Chapman, 1840 April 29

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Title:
Letter from Elizabeth Pease Nichol, Dedham, [Massachusetts], to Maria Weston Chapman, 1840 April 29
Description:
Elizabeth Pease Nichol writes to Maria Weston Chapman in regards to being grieved that the Friends in America, in respect to the African race, are "deviating so widely from the principles & spirit they profes. She regrets having to withold her name from a pamphlet in circulation among the English abolitionists, which contains portions of a letter from William Bassett. She has been censured by high-standing members of her society, but is happy to bear reproach. She writes, "I will send thee the next number also, as it will contain..both sides the question--I remain stedfast in the conviction that the course I have pursued was such as the interests of Truth, of Justice, & of the Slave, no less than the welfare of our own body demanded." She writes that the next yearly meeting will be held on the 20th of next month. She writes that some English ministers have encouraged "Friends in America in their exclusiveness." She writes of British India and George Thompson's arrival.
Author:
Nichol, Elizabeth Pease, 1807-1897
Addressee:
Chapman, Maria Weston, 1806-1885
Date:
April 29, 1840
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Manuscripts
Location:
Boston Public Library
Rare Books Department
Collection (local):
Anti-Slavery Collection
Subjects:
Women abolitionists--United States--History--19th century--Correspondence
Women social reformers--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--Religious aspects--Christianity--Great Britain--History--19th century
British--India--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--Societies, etc--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--Societies, etc--Great Britain--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--Religious aspects--Christianity--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--Meetings--Great Britain--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--Newspapers--Great Britain--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--Publishing--Great Britain--History--19th century
Women abolitionists--United States
Women social reformers--United States
Antislavery movements--United States
Antislavery movements--Great Britain
Christianity
British--India--History
Societies
Meetings
Publishers and publishing
Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society
Nichol, Elizabeth Pease, 1807-1897
Bassett, William, 1803-1871
Thompson, George, 1804-1878
Chapman, Maria Weston, 1806-1885
Places:
United Kingdom
India
Extent:
2 leaves (6 p.) ; 26 cm.
Permalink:
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Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
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Place of origin:
Dedham, [Massachusetts]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
Identifier:
5944200
Call #:
MS A.9.2 v.13, p.55-56
Barcode:
39999085843090