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Letter from Sarah Moore Grimkè, Fort Lee, [New York], to Elizabeth Pease Nichol, 1838 [November] 16

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Holograph, signed.Title devised by cataloger.Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) manuscript contains purple postmarked stamp that says "Garrison Mss."Sarah Moore Grimkè writes to Elizabeth Pease Nichol thanking her for her letters and the pamphlets she included for them. She has distributed these pamphlets to others including John Quincy Adams and his wife. She writes of the abolitionist cause in the North and admits "it seems almost impossible to judge what will be finally the result of the question of abolition in this country." She discusses Congress and petitions that are being sent to legislators pushing for the abolishment of slavery in the District of Columbia and Florida. She writes her happiness on hearing of Cromwell speaking on the subject of American slavery. She writes that Elizabeth desired to read of Angelina's address to the "Legis. of Mass." but Sarah informs her that nothing she said was published except for a small part in the Liberator. She also discusses the subject of women's rights, remarking that "When we first began to lecture it did not occur to us that our own course would require a defense, but as soon as we got to Mass. we were awaited by the pastoral letter & at almost every step in our courses we found the clergy blocking up our way, & with few exceptions denying our right to plead for the slave." She writes about her disappointment in J.J.Gurney's sermon in Washington, stating that "he had no word of reproof for such iniquity he...
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