Letter from Edmund Quincy, Dedham, [Mass.], to Maria Weston Chapman, Apr[il] 26, 1840

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Title:
Letter from Edmund Quincy, Dedham, [Mass.], to Maria Weston Chapman, Apr[il] 26, 1840
Author:
Quincy, Edmund, 1808-1877
Addressee:
Chapman, Maria Weston, 1806-1885
Date:
April 26, 1840
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
Quincy, Edmund, 1808-1877
Chapman, Maria Weston, 1806-1885
Places:
Massachusetts > Suffolk (county) > Boston
Extent:
1 leaf (4 p.) ; 9 7/8 x 8 in.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/qz20v383j
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Place of origin:
Dedham, [Mass.]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Edmund Quincy describes an incident when he was a little boy at school as a preamble to his request that Maria Weston Chapman and her family write letters containing accumulated daily entries. Edmund Quincy says: "I literally regret nothing else that I have left behind me in Boston but the true society which I have enjoyed at your house---the society of educated accomplished minds informed & elevated by devotion to great & sublime principles." He contrasts this with what he has found elsewhere and reflects on the vicious temper of the world and men's ignorance of "the revolution in the midst of which they live." Edmund Quincy has examined a beautiful country estate belonging to Mr. Penniman, which he hopes Maria W. Chapman will consider purchasing.
Identifier:
3133875
Call #:
Ms.A.9.2 v.13, p.57
Barcode:
39999066780337
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