Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Autograph letter signed : Worcester, Mass., [year not specified] Feb. 2.

BIB_ID
296685
Accession number
MA 1305.24
Creator
Foster, Abby Kelley, 1811-1887.
Display Date
[year not specified] Feb. 2.
Credit line
Acquired before 1949.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 15.4 cm
Notes
Envelope printed with an image of two former slaves seated on a seashore surrounded by broken chains, and with "Haste, happy day! The time we long to see / when every son of Adam shall be free!" With postmark and trace of a stamp and addressed to "Jacob Heaton / Salem / Col. Co. / Ohio."
Part of the Jacob Heaton scrapbook, which contains over 100 entries, letters, photographs, engravings and ephemera related primarily to the abolitionist movement. Items of importance have been described in 45 individual catalog records (MA 1305.1-45); see collection record for more information.
Summary
Affectionately chiding him for overpraising her abolitionist work, and discussing the lectures of Lizzie Jones.