Letter from Theodore Parker, West Roxbury, [Massachusetts], to James Gillespie Birney, 1848 June 17

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Title:
Letter from Theodore Parker, West Roxbury, [Massachusetts], to James Gillespie Birney, 1848 June 17
Description:
Theodore Parker writes to James G. Birney in regards to clarifying whether a statement on General Jackson being a "slave-dealer" was true. He gives an authority to his statement in his letter by "Theo D. Weld in 'American Slavery as it is' p.74 and the reiteration of the same charge in "American slavery & the internal Slave-Trade" a work published by the Brit[ish] & Foreign Antislavery Soc[iety]. p.68."
Author:
Parker, Theodore, 1810-1860
Addressee:
Birney, James Gillespie, 1792-1857
Date:
June 17, 1848
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Manuscripts
Location:
Boston Public Library
Rare Books Department
Collection (local):
Anti-Slavery Collection
Subjects:
Abolitionists--United States--19th century--Correspondence
Antislavery movements--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--Publishing--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--Newspapers--United States--History--19th century
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--United States
Publishers and publishing
Parker, Theodore, 1810-1860
Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845
Birney, James Gillespie, 1792-1857
Extent:
1 leaf (1 p.) ; 27 cm.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/2z111d40v
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
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Place of origin:
West Roxbury, [Massachusetts]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) manuscript contains annotations written in pencil. It also contains a typed copy of the letter.
Identifier:
5747927
Call #:
Mss Acc.627
Barcode:
39999086049093