Nell, William Cooper. Letter to [Amy Kirby Post?].

Title

Nell, William Cooper. Letter to [Amy Kirby Post?].

Creator

Nell, William Cooper

Contributor

[Amy Kirby Post?]

Date

1859-12-12

Description

Handwritten letter from William Cooper Nell to [Amy Kirby Post?]. Nell writes about the recent anti-slavery meeting in Boston.

Subject

Post, Amy Kirby, b. 1802

Is Part Of

Isaac and Amy Post Family Papers

Rights

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Identifier

1249

Location

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

Transcription

(Page 1)

        Boston Dec 12
                                          1859
Monday Morning 11 ’ O ClocK

The     anti slavery [sic]
Board are now in
Session = present
Samuel J. May of
Syracuse = _
It is a glorious sight
- Wendell Phillips
     Francis JacKson
   Wm Lloyd Garrison
     Wm J. Bowditch
       R. F. Wallcutt
        C. K Whipple
          Saml May Jr

(Page 2)

Theodore ParKer has

been in for a
moment= and was
invited to a Seat
-
Here comes Peter
Still =.       Says He has
Seen only two of Your
Sisters in his life
Mrs Howell of Portsmouth
and                            of
Mrs Peter Morrill of
   Portland = their
        Kindness to him

(Page 3)

always remind [sic] him
of You= He wishes me
to express his grateful
remembrance of You
He has Just come from
Woburn where he got
50 dollar [sic]= ‘He says
he talKed in goods stile [sic]
He has obtained a
loan of $600 from
Fall River –

FredericK Douglass
has been talKed of
Some = this morning
of which I may have

(Page 4)

Something to Say

by and bye_

Do You remember
what course the
Rochester American
tooK relative to
Geo Thompson when
here last –
    If You have any facts
please forward them -
_The Boston Times has
Just copied from its
Columns a comment on
the Douglass Controversy
                              W. C. N.

Annotations

William Cooper Nell, an abolitionist and former slave, is writing from Boston, possibly to fellow activist, Amy Post. Samuel J. May was a radical reformer, who advocated for women's rights, access to education and the abolition of slavery. Wendell Phillips was an abolitionist, Native American advocate and lawyer. Francis Jackson was an abolitionist from Boston, and affiliated with several anti-slavery groups including the Boston Vigilance Committee. William Lloyd Garrison was a radical abolitionist and the editor of the newspaper, the Liberator. William Bowditch, C. K. Whipple and Samuel J. May Jr. were also abolitionists. R.F. Walcutt published an anti-slavery pamphlet containing a speech by Reverend Bleby. Theodore Parker was a Transcendentalist and a reform minister of the Unitarian Church. Peter Still was involved in the Underground Railroad, and gave lectures to raise money to buy his family out of slavery. Frederick Douglass was an abolitionist and former slave. George Thompson was a British abolitionist, who lived in the United States for a period. The controversy Nell refers to could relate to the split in the anti-slavery movement between Douglass and Garrison. Douglass no longer believed that the United States Constitution was pro-slavery- unlike Garrison- he believed it was anti-slavery.

Tags

Abolitionism

Collection

D.93 Isaac and Amy Post Family Papers

Citation

Nell, William Cooper, “Nell, William Cooper. Letter to [Amy Kirby Post?].,” RBSCP Exhibits, accessed November 23, 2024, https://rbscpexhibits.lib.rochester.edu/items/show/3538.

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