Papers, 1825-1865.

  1. Resources
  2. View Resource

ArchivalResource

Papers, 1825-1865.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/49517169

Papers relate primarily to physician, abolitionist, and social reformer Erasmus Darwin Hudson. His correspondence (1825-65) to and from family and friends includes commentary on anti-slavery and Civil War era events and personalities. Notable correspondents or individuals mentioned include abolitionist and women's rights advocate Abigail Kelley Foster, social reformers Parker Pillsbury and Wendell Phillips, and clergyman Theodore Parker. Included are two addresses, "Intemperance" (1828), and "Conquest Through Self Conquest" (1864); and manuscript and typescript of his journal, "Anti-Slavery Campaign" (1842-43).

.5 linear ft. (1 box)

Smith College, Neilson Library

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 7608827

Smith College, Neilson Library

Related Entities

There are 8 Entities related to this resource.

Foster, Abby Kelley, 1811-1887

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w67t8c4n (person)

Abby Kelley Foster (January 15, 1811 – January 14, 1887) was an American abolitionist and radical social reformer active from the 1830s to 1870s. She became a fundraiser, lecturer and committee organizer for the influential American Anti-Slavery Society, where she worked closely with William Lloyd Garrison and other radicals. She married fellow abolitionist and lecturer Stephen Symonds Foster, and they both worked for equal rights for women and for Africans enslaved in the Americas. Foster wa...

Parker, Theodore, 1810-1860.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6w95f3m (person)

Unitarian minister and reformer. From the description of Letter, 1850 Nov. 5, Boston, to Charles Mason. (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 170925855 Rev. Theodore Parker (1810-1860), Unitarian minister, social reformer, and publicist, was born in Lexington, Mass., a grandson of Captain John Parker (1729-1775) of Revolutionary fame. Parker graduated from Harvard Divinity School in 1836, became minister of West Roxbury, and proceeded to develop his theological and social ...

Pillsbury, Parker, 1809-1898

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6m90rff (person)

American abolitionist. From the description of Letters to Henry David Thoreau [manuscript], 1861 April 9 & 13. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647814558 Massachusetts born abolitionist and labor agent for the New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and American anti-slavery societies. From the description of Letter, Aug. 27, 1864. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 53791439 ...

Hudson, E. Darwin (Erasmus Darwin), 1843-1887

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w65b182d (person)

Hudson family.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6rc6373 (family)

Abolitionist. Erasmus Darwin Hudson (1806-1880), orthopedic surgeon before and during Civil War. He was also an abolitionist and senior agent of the American Anti-Slavery Society, 1837-49. Also represented in the collection are his wife, Martha Turner Hudson (1806-1887), and sons Erasmus Darwin, Jr. (1843-1887), and Daniel Wyatt. They resided in Connecticut, Massachusetts, and New York City. No other biographical information is presently available. From the d...

Northampton association of education and industry

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6vj06dz (corporateBody)

The Northampton Association of Education and Industry was founded in 1841 near Northampton, Mass., as a utopian socialist community, by such men as Hall Judd (1817-1850), William Adam ( - ), David Mack (1804-1878), George William Benson (1808- ), who served as president, and Samuel Lapham Hill (1806-1882). A contemporary of Brook Farm, the Association was a middle-class experiment in transcendentalism and Fourierism that attracted world-wide attention. It stressed the importance of ...

Phillips, Wendell, 1811-1884

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w66h4g1m (person)

Wendell Phillips (born November 29, 1811, Boston, Massachusetts – died February 2, 1884, Boston, Massachusetts), orator and reformer, was one of the leaders of the abolitionist movement in Boston, Massachusetts, wrote frequently for William Lloyd Garrison's Liberator, and eventually became president of the American Anti-Slavery Society. He contributed much to the cause through inflammatory speeches favoring the division of the Union and opposing the acquisition of Texas and the war with Mexico. ...

Hudson, Erasmus Darwin, 1806-1880

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w66t1tbr (person)