John Greenleaf Whittier and M.F. Whittier papers, 1841-1891.

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John Greenleaf Whittier and M.F. Whittier papers, 1841-1891.

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Two items from 1887 and 1891 are acknowledgments of birthday wishes by John Greenleaf Whittier, the former a letter to Grace Kelley, the latter printed for broad dissemination. The third is a letter from M.F. Whittier to John G. Whittier in 1841 listing members in a Quarterly Meeting in New England Yearly Meeting, marking an "x" by "dignitari," only 2 or 3 on the list are abolitionists. M.F. Whittier mentions the Yellow Fever brought by a vessel which evaded quarantine, Elisabeth, and a man who delivered lectures on slavery.

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Whittier, John Greenleaf, 1807-1892

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John Greenleaf Whittier was a wildly popular New England poet. A deeply committed and active abolitionist, he wrote many of his poems with a political agenda, although distinguished by an open-minded tolerance so often lacking in his fellow abolitionists. Although his works are somewhat marred by overtly political and overly sentimental works, the core of his output stands as fine, lyrical American verse. From the description of John Greenleaf Whittier letters, 1858 and 1876. (Pennsy...

New England Yearly Meeting of Friends

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Whittier, M. F. (Matthew Franklin), 1812-

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Kelley, Grace.

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