Gerrit Smith correspondence, 1840-1873.

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Gerrit Smith correspondence, 1840-1873.

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Letters written by Smith to E. M. Giffing, O. L. Holley, Sallie Holley, Luther R. Marsh, and Theodore Dwight Weld relating to abolition of slavery, Smith's donation of land to freedmen, Civil War, and Reconstruction. Includes note of Smith's wife, Ann Carroll Fitzhugh Smith, to Angelina Emily Grimké (Mrs. Theodore Dwight Weld) and her sister, Sarah Moore Grimké.

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Grimké, Sarah Moore, 1792-1873

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Even though Sarah Moore Grimké was shy, she often spoke in front of large crowds with her sister Angelina. The two sisters became the first women to speak in front of a state legislature as representatives of the American Anti-Slavery Society. They also became active writers and speakers for women’s rights. Their ideas were so different from most of the ideas in the community that people burned their writings and angry mobs protested their speeches. However, Grimké and her sister would not let t...

Holley, O. L. (Orville Luther), 1791-1861

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Grimké, Angelina Emily 1805-1879

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Smith, Ann Carroll Fitzhugh, 1805-1875

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Marsh, Luther R. (Luther Rawson), 1813-1902

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Luther Rawson Marsh (1813-1902) was Daniel Webster's law partner. From the description of Luther R. Marsh papers, 1888-1894. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122534249 From the guide to the Luther R. Marsh papers, 1888-1894, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.) ...

Holley, Sallie, 1818-1893

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Caroline F. Putnam was born in Massachusetts on July 29, 1826, and entered Oberlin College in 1848. There, she became involved in the abolitionist movement and met Sallie Holley (1818-1893), a fellow abolitionist who became Putnam's lifelong friend. After their graduation, the two women traveled around the northern United States to raise support for abolitionism, and both grew interested in the welfare of freed slaves during the early years of the Civil War. In 1868, Putnam opened the Holley Sch...

Smith, Gerrit, 1797-1874

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Congressman, philanthropist, reformer. From the description of Letter, 1840 May 16. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122379141 Gerrit Smith resided in Peterboro (N.H.?) at the time of these writings and was a strong supporter of emancipation and African American rights. Upon his death the African American citizens of Buffalo paid him a formal tribute. From the description of Letters and broadsides, 1868-1871. (Buffalo History Museum). WorldCat record id: 34178334 ...

Giffing, E. M.

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Weld, Theodore Dwight, 1803-1895

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Writer Weld, the husband of Angelina Grimké, was active in the abolitionist and temperance movements. For additional biographical information, see Dictionary of American Biography and Who Was Who in America, 1607-1896 (1963). From the description of Letters, 1880-1890 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 232007533 Theodore Dwight Weld was born in Hampton, Connecticut on November 23, 1803. An advocate and crusader for temperance, abolition and women's right...