Letter from Esther Sturge, New Kent Road, London, [England], to Maria Weston Chapman, 1st [day] 4 mo[nth] (April) 1844

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Title:
Letter from Esther Sturge, New Kent Road, London, [England], to Maria Weston Chapman, 1st [day] 4 mo[nth] (April) 1844
Author:
Sturge, Esther
Addressee:
Chapman, Maria Weston, 1806-1885
Date:
April 1, 1844
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Manuscripts
Location:
Boston Public Library
Rare Books Department
Collection (local):
Anti-Slavery Collection
Subjects:
Antislavery movements--United States--History--19th century
Women abolitionists--Massachusetts--Boston--19th century--Correspondence
Antislavery movements--United States
Women abolitionists--United States
Sturge, Esther
Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848
Clarkson, Thomas, 1760-1846
Macaulay, Zachary, 1768-1838
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Chapman, Maria Weston, 1806-1885
Places:
Massachusetts > Suffolk (county) > Boston
Extent:
1 leaf (4 p.) ; 10 x 8 in.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/cv43qh41w
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Place of origin:
New Kent Road, London, [England]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Esther Sturge comments on the charge that John Quincy Adams is not an abolitionist. Sturge believes that "he is evidently a friend to freedom." She criticizes William Lloyd Garrison for his involvement in such a large number of causes. Sturge writes to Maria Weston Chapman: "Unity of purpose will always carry a point even if there are a variety of shades, & I would not rebuke any who are not entirely with you, less I should make them my enemies, ..." Sturge quotes Thomas Clarkson's praise of Zachary Macaulay.
Identifier:
3134382
Call #:
Ms.A.9.2 v.20, p.23
Barcode:
39999066746825
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