BIB_ID
130487
Accession number
MA 1093.5
Creator
Channing, William Ellery, 1780-1842.
Display Date
1842.
Credit line
Gift of Mrs. G.E. Channing-Stetson, 1931.
Description
1 item (215 + 90 p.) ; 12-25 cm
Notes
Containing portions not published in the printed edition of 1842, including additional notes to the text written on the last four pages of part I of the manuscript, and three additional notes on the last six pages of part II.
Pages 127-128 written on the verso of a letter from R.C. Waterston, mentioning Mr. Eustis [Rev. Frederic A. Eustis?] and thanking Channing for his letter. Page 129 written on the verso of a letter from E. Peabody [Elizabeth Peabody?], accepting Channing's invitation. Page 142 written on the verso of a letter, with seal, from Ellis Gray Loring, returning Mr. [Rowland Gibson] Hazard's letter and accepting the Channing's invitation. Page 193 written on a printed announcement from the Warren Street Chapel, dated April 1842. Pages 198-199 written on the verso of a letter dated Boston, April 13, 1842, from Channing, introducing James Savage, Esq. to an unidentified recipient. Page 88 of part II is written on the verso of a letter from Channing to an unidentified recipient requesting an appointment.
Part of a collection that consists of four autograph letters (MA 1093.1-4), including one to his grandfather William Ellery, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, as well as the autograph manuscripts of Channing's The Duty of the Free States (MA 1093.5) and his Discourse on Christianity (MA 1093.6). See individual records for detailed description.
Pages 127-128 written on the verso of a letter from R.C. Waterston, mentioning Mr. Eustis [Rev. Frederic A. Eustis?] and thanking Channing for his letter. Page 129 written on the verso of a letter from E. Peabody [Elizabeth Peabody?], accepting Channing's invitation. Page 142 written on the verso of a letter, with seal, from Ellis Gray Loring, returning Mr. [Rowland Gibson] Hazard's letter and accepting the Channing's invitation. Page 193 written on a printed announcement from the Warren Street Chapel, dated April 1842. Pages 198-199 written on the verso of a letter dated Boston, April 13, 1842, from Channing, introducing James Savage, Esq. to an unidentified recipient. Page 88 of part II is written on the verso of a letter from Channing to an unidentified recipient requesting an appointment.
Part of a collection that consists of four autograph letters (MA 1093.1-4), including one to his grandfather William Ellery, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, as well as the autograph manuscripts of Channing's The Duty of the Free States (MA 1093.5) and his Discourse on Christianity (MA 1093.6). See individual records for detailed description.
Summary
Discussing the 1841 rebellion by enslaved people on board the Creole, subsequent reactions, and the implications for non-slave holding states.
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