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Letter from Evelina A. S. Smith, Hingham, [Mass.], to Caroline Weston, July 30, 1839

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Smith, Evelina A. S

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Holograph, signed.Evelina A. S. Smith is very upset by the dissension in the anti-slavery ranks and the conduct of the leading abolitionists. She tells of a speech by Amos A. Phelps on Whig politics and the potential effect on the abolitionist vote. Evelina A. S. Smith disapproves of the abolitionists mixing in politics. She describes her home treatment of an ailment which may have been sinus trouble. George Fifield is staying with his family. She discusses Angelina Grimke Weld's opinion on the peace question.
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Keywords

  1. Abolitionists
  2. Antislavery Movements
  3. Boston
  4. Correspondence
  5. History
  6. Massachusetts
  7. Phelps, Amos A. (Amos Augustus) 1805 1847
  8. Political Activity
  9. Political Participation
  10. Slaver
  11. Smith, Evelina A. S
  12. United States
  13. Weston, Caroline 1808 1882
  14. Women
  15. Women Abolitionists

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