Letter from Lydia Maria Child to Francis Jackson, October 3'd, [1839]

Item Information

Title:
Letter from Lydia Maria Child to Francis Jackson, October 3'd, [1839]
Addressee:
Jackson, Francis, 1789-1861
Author:
Child, Lydia Maria, 1802-1880
Date:
[October 3, 1839]
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
Jackson, Francis, 1789-1861
Lawrence, Abbott, 1792-1855
Child, Lydia Maria, 1802-1880
Places:
Massachusetts > Suffolk (county) > Boston
Extent:
2 leaves (2 p.) ; 7 1/8 x 5 in.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/wm118969j
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Child urges Francis Jackson to write a letter to Abbott Lawrence when he accepts and to question him promptly. She fears that the New Organization will claim credit, and the cause of freedom will be endangered by delay.
On verso, the delivery address is Mr. Francis Jackson. And a notation written by unknown person: Mrs Child. Oct 3 1839.
Notes (date):
This date is inferred.
Identifier:
3132155
Call #:
MS A.1.2 v.8, p.63
Barcode:
39999063212615
mq8390379