Perry, Charles, 1809-1890.

The Perrys were weighty Quakers in New England Yearly Meeting (Wilburite). Temperance Perry was a granddaughter of John Wilbur.

Charles Perry, born in Westerly R.I., was the son of Thomas Perry and cousin to this letter's recipient. The younger Perry became a bank president and was a prominent member of a Quaker Wilburite Yearly Meeting in New England. He succeeded in gaining the release of conscientious objectors drafted into the northern army, was active in the anti-slavery movement, served as an Elder in his meeting and wrote a tract on Quaker doctrine.

Theodore Weld launched the American and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society in opposition to anti-slavery group led by William Lloyd Garrison.