Letter from Edmund Quincy, Dedham, [Mass.], to Maria Weston Chapman, half past 12 o'clock, [1845 Oct.?]

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Title:
Letter from Edmund Quincy, Dedham, [Mass.], to Maria Weston Chapman, half past 12 o'clock, [1845 Oct.?]
Author:
Quincy, Edmund, 1808-1877
Addressee:
Chapman, Maria Weston, 1806-1885
Date:
[October 1845?]
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 1/4 x 7 3/4 in.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/qz20v6703
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Place of origin:
Dedham, [Mass.]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed with initials.
This letter is about Edmund Quincy's speech at F.H. [Faneuil Hall?], with the most important parts written out from memory. He especially wanted to write out "the part about Judge S. ... I did not think you could put in the licks in a professional way quite as well as I who knew something of the tender places. The part about S[c]roggs & Jeffries particularly I wanted just right." Edmund Quincy warned the other abolitionists "never to let a New Organizer pull them out of the river---because they might be sure it was only done for the purpose of having them to strangle." Edmund Quincy wishes the mob had put him down, "for I deserved it for being in such company."
Identifier:
3133918
Call #:
Ms.A.9.2 v.17, p.2
Barcode:
39999066779628
mq8509764