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Letter from Lydia Dodge Cabot Parker, Newton Center, [Massachusetts], to William Rounseville Alger, 1857 July 1 and 1862 June 9

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Parker, Lydia Dodge Cabot

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Holograph, signed.Title devised by cataloger.Folder contains copies of original manuscripts.Theodore Parker writes to William Rounseville Alger on July 1 1857 in regards to reading news of what the "aldermen have done." He writes that the harvest men give him thanks for his speech and the other addresses he's heard from others. He discusses his thoughts on the "defective church" and the "despotic State of the Slaveholders." Lydia Dodge Cabot Parker writes to William Rounseville Alger on June 9, 1862 in regards to apologizing for not returning her husbands letters to him and thanks him for copying his papers and complying with her request. She writes, "Theodore always enjoyed your scholarly sympathies, & his great affectionate heart has always warmed by your kindly presence. Hoping you will occasionally look in upon me for his dear sake."
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Keywords

  1. Alger, William Rounseville 1822 1905
  2. Antislavery Movements
  3. Christianity
  4. Correspondence
  5. History
  6. Lectures And Lecturing
  7. Newspapers
  8. Parker, Lydia Dodge Cabot
  9. Parker, Theodore 1810 1860
  10. Religious Aspects
  11. Slaver
  12. Slavery
  13. Slavery And The Church
  14. United States
  15. Women
  16. Women Abolitionists

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