Letter from James Munroe, Oakland, Clinton Co.,Ohio, to Maria Weston Chapman, [1843] Sept[ember] 1

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Title:
Letter from James Munroe, Oakland, Clinton Co.,Ohio, to Maria Weston Chapman, [1843] Sept[ember] 1
Description:
James Munroe writes to Maria Weston Chapman in regards to since leaving New York state, a large share of the labor of the conventions has fallen upon the writer, who has spoken in Ohio on average of three hours a day. George Bradburn showed the writer a letter "in which you animadvert with some severity upon his course in relation to the 'Liberty Party.' He thinks she is mistaken in regard to Bradburn's course. He publicly exhorts all men to vote for no one unless he is a true abolitionist, his non-resistant views allowing him to go no further. He does not think that Charles (L.Remond) and Frederick (Douglass) are "excusable for deserting us so long, although we have got along very well without them." He has been solicited in New York and in Ohio to quit the conventions and labor for some state organization, but he considered the business of the Massachusetts Board of "primary importance." It seems to Munroe that Remond and Douglass have "magnified Collins's sins altogether more than was necessary." He asks who the general agent is. Mr. (Sydney Howard) Gay has made himself very useful. He writes, "we really need him to go with us to Indiana." The conventions have been very large and enthusiastic. He gives a list of conventions to be held in Indiana on the last page with dates and names of speakers.
Author:
Munroe, James, 1821-1898
Addressee:
Chapman, Maria Weston, 1806-1885
Date:
[September 1, 1843]
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--Publishing--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--Meetings--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--Lectures and lecturing--United States--History--19th century
Women abolitionists--United States
Antislavery movements--United States
Women social reformers--United States
Publishers and publishing
Meetings
Lectures and lecturing
Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895
Remond, Charles Lenox, 1810-1873
Munroe, James, 1821-1898
Gay, Sydney Howard, 1814-1888
Chapman, Maria Weston, 1806-1885
Bradburn, George, 1806-1880
Collins, John A. (John Anderson), 1810-1879
Extent:
1 leaf (4 p.) ; 32 cm.
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Place of origin:
Oakland, Clinton Co.,Ohio,
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
Notes (date):
This date is inferred.
Identifier:
6021285
Call #:
MS A.9.2, v.19, p.32
Barcode:
39999085845442