Letter from Richard Davis Webb, Dublin, [Ireland], to Anne Warren Weston, July 5, 1849
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Holograph, signed.Richard Davis Webb tells about installing a mailbox. He found in it one letter from S. H. Gay, one from E. Quincy, and one from Anne Warren Weston. He tells how much he enjoys getting letters. He mentions the kindness of Francis Jackson to Anne Delaney and her husband. He talks at length about class distinctions in Dublin and comments that "nothing is more common with them [the poor Irish] to marry in haste and repent at leisure." Webb doubts that will be able to go to Paris to see Mrs. Maria Weston Chapman. He is utterly sick of the whole course of the French both at home and abroad. He wants a copy of Jay on the Mexican War. He describes the scene in his home as he writes. He mentions his sister-in-law, Maria Waring. He disapproves of the plan to shift the Anti-Slavery Bazaar to Philadelphia. He suggests a division of the proceeds between Philadelphia and Boston. He doubts if Joseph Sturge and his followers will help the Garrisonians even though there is no Liberty Party "or other class of Abolitionists who do not sympathize with you." Webb continues: "You have made yourselves of no present reputation. Reputation is the darling of the Quakers, and the Quakers are the backbone of all philanthropic efforts in England." Webb says: "The times are so depressed that I don't hope we will be able to do much this year." Webb tells about a tour of the Western Highlands that he...
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- Anti Slavery Fairs
- Antislavery Movements
- Boston
- Correspondence
- Depressions
- France
- Harvey, William H. (William Henry) 1811 1866
- History
- Jackson, Francis 1789 1861
- Massachusetts
- Second Republic, 1848 1852
- Slaver
- Society Of Friends
- Sturge, Joseph 1793 1859
- United States
- Waring, Maria
- Webb, Richard Davis 1805 1872
- Weston, Anne Warren 1812 1890
- Women
- Women Abolitionists