Letter : Cambridge, Mass., to Stephen R. Weeden, 1857 June.

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Knowles, John Power, 1808-1887. Letter : Cambridge, Mass., to Stephen R. Weeden, 1857 June.

Letter : Cambridge, Mass., to Stephen R. Weeden, 1857 June.

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In a letter written the year after he graduated and addressed to a friend, Knowles comments on the recent meeting of the United Brothers Society, a debating society at Brown University, and on its debate about abolition in particular. He notes his own opinions in the matter and which abolitionists were present (Mrs. Lydia Childs among them). Knowles then mentions a trip he took and the people he met (presumably people they both knew). He concludes the letter by noting that "my views and opinions have undergone such changes of late, that I've no confidence in any of the old stock. In fact, I shouldn't be half as much surprised as some other persons would be, if within a year I should be a confirmed and fanatical ultra in everything". In a postscript he makes passing reference to currency problems in Providence and Boston.

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