Letter from James Haughton, 35 Eccles St., Dublin, [Ireland], to Maria Weston Chapman, 31st Oct. 1845

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Title:
Letter from James Haughton, 35 Eccles St., Dublin, [Ireland], to Maria Weston Chapman, 31st Oct. 1845
Author:
Haughton, James, 1795-1873
Addressee:
Chapman, Maria Weston, 1806-1885
Date:
October 31, 1845
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Manuscripts
Location:
Boston Public Library
Rare Books Department
Collection (local):
Anti-Slavery Collection
Subjects:
Abolitionists--Ireland
Antislavery movements--United States--History--19th century
Women abolitionists--Massachusetts--Boston--19th century--Correspondence
Abolitionists
Antislavery movements--United States
Women abolitionists--United States
Haughton, James, 1795-1873
Chapman, Maria Weston, 1806-1885
Places:
Massachusetts > Suffolk (county) > Boston
Ireland
Extent:
1 leaf (4 p.) ; 7 3/8 x 4 1/2 in.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/cv43qj02d
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Place of origin:
35 Eccles St., Dublin, [Ireland]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
James Haughton compares American anti-slavery with trans-Atlantic anti-slavery: "We who work with you at this side [of] the water, have no such opposition to encounter; every blow we strike against the monster--Slavery--brings us honor & credit, with the people." He admits that some of the so-called better classes "look upon us as enthusiasts, & I am even considered by some a little light in the head." In Ireland, "we have to work upon apathetic & indifferent hearts," and so their zeal would probably cool if it were not "warmed by your devotion to the cause of humanity."
Identifier:
3134378
Call #:
Ms.A.9.2 v.21, p.79
Barcode:
39999066746775
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