Letter from John Goodhue, New York, to Maria Weston Chapman, 1843 Oct[ober] 28
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John Goodhue writes to Maria Weston Chapman in regards to being flattered by his recollection of their former acquaintance when they met in company with Mr. and Mrs. Joshua Bates. While he utterly condemns "the institution of slavery," in his view, "the magnitituded of the evil, in the vast number involved, has always presented itself to me as an unsurmountable difficulty" and he considers it one of those abuses which will be cured "rather by the progress of general intelligence and a higher standard of character than by direct and forcible intereference." He therefore denies himself the pelasure of acting with Maria.