Sanderson, Jeremiah Burke. Letter to William Cooper Nell.

Title

Sanderson, Jeremiah Burke. Letter to William Cooper Nell.

Creator

Sanderson, Jeremiah Burke

Contributor

William Cooper Nell

Date

1841-10-18

Description

Handwritten letter from Jeremiah Burke Sanderson to William Cooper Nell.

Is Part Of

Isaac and Amy Post Family Papers

Rights

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Identifier

569

Location

Rare Books, Special Collections, and Preservation, River Campus Libraries, University of Rochester

Transcription

(Page 1)

          New Bedford Oct 18^th / 41
          My Dear Nell
                             I’ve just got
through writing to Our Friend Fred^k Doug
lass in the character of an amanuensis
and while I have the pen in my hand
I’ll just write to you and if a line
from me is as welcome to you as a letter
from you is always to me whatever stuf [sic] I
scratch down, I need’nt [sic] “beg ten thousand
pardons for intruding a few lines upon your
attention
Generalitey [sic] – The “fraternity” – I use your
term of course you’l [sic] understand me – are
well;    One of the most efficient of its mem
bers, one whose absence has made a breach
that none but himself can effectually fill
is with you in B;    To be sure I mean
[illegible] Edw^d P – – the fraternity send
love to you both
Paul C is here with me I have
told him I am writing to you, he
wants you W^mC to send him a box of
those Anti Slavery wafers and he will
send the money --------- Forward

(Page 2)

Our Old Friend Jo Ray passed through
here a short time since on his way
to the City of New York – how I wish
I could have gone with him. Jo is a
noble fellow high minded Independent none
o’ your Small Potatoes terribly belligerent
against the influency which prevents his putt
ing many a scheme of noble ambition into pra
ctice with any hopes of success – Oh! Prejudice
the vile thing;    I hate it if for nothing
else than because I’m afraid its going to
drive our friend out of the country, Jo
talks of going to the West Indies – go where
he may I pray for his success –

          A Third Party Meeting is to be held here
on the 21^st in the New Town Hall – Its
quite a singular circumstance and speaks
favorably for the influence of Anti Slavery
Principles that Abolitionists are permitted to
hold a Convention in the New Town Hall
But the Idea of a Third Party aint the
thing that’s handsome just about this time it
strikes me, Coop – The Anti Slavery Cause is
peculiarly a Moral cause as such – admitting
political action is right – its triumph does
not necessarily depend upon what assistance

(Page 3)

it may receive from Political action –
however as I have an Item or two
of generalitey [sic] I mus’nt [sic] stop here to be par
ticular – I’l [sic] try to give you my Idea
– “multum in parvo” – The Idea of making
the A.S. Enterprise under presant [sic] circumstances
a “Third Political Party” sems [sic] to me is equiva
lent to saying – we have tried Moral Power,
the means by which God intends to overth
row wickedness, to establish righteousness and
truth in the earth, and it has proved ineffect
ual in the attain ment of our object; now we
will try an invention of our own – if th[obliterated]
enterprise is made a political enterprise [obliterated]
the establishment of a Third Party will emphatically
make it, then its success must depend, not as hereto
fore upon strictly its moral Power, but upon such influ
ences as other political Parties are obliged to put into
operation, in order to effect their Party object, – its moral beauty
will be hidden beneath the rubbish of corrupt political Party
influences,     Abolitionism will indeed be “going down;” –
as Slave Holders would have it to Go down

Give my respects to your Sisters [Louise?] and the others
To all inquiring friends – particularly Miss [Bier?]
who I believe is with you at present – dont let
my friend Rob^t Morris know I have sent you this he
wont like it will think I mean to slight him far be that

(Page 4)

from me the first letter I write after this shall
be to him have owed him one this month
I hope to come to Bⁿ soon yours truly
In Haste                J B Sanderson

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W^mC Nell
Boston
25 Corn Hill           Mass^ts

W^mC Nell
                   Boston
25 Corn Hill           Mass^ts

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NB I want a letter from you very much
                                                Burke

Tags

Abolitionism; Personal

Collection

D.93 Isaac and Amy Post Family Papers

Citation

Sanderson, Jeremiah Burke, “Sanderson, Jeremiah Burke. Letter to William Cooper Nell.,” RBSCP Exhibits, accessed November 23, 2024, https://rbscpexhibits.lib.rochester.edu/items/show/2867.

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