C.S. Toll writes to Maria Weston Chapman in regards to introducing herself as an admirer of Maria. She writes, "We too have been the victims of persecution...we also have had our meetings broken up by mobs" (in the Chartist movement). As a Sunday school teacher, the writer "read aloud the admirable conduct of yourself and the females who acted with you," winning eager response. She praises Miss Prudence Crandall. She is proud to name as a townsman Joseph Sturge, "an eminent corn-merchant..at present endeavoring to better the condition of the miserable toiling millions in this country." She encloses a "nonconformist" newspaper.
- By Toll, C. S., Chapman, Maria Weston, 1806-1885
- Dated April 20, 1842
- Held by Boston Public Library
- Part of Anti-Slavery Collection
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Subject
Women abolitionists--United States--History--19th century--Correspondence
Women social reformers--United States--History--19th century
Abolitionists--United States--19th century--Correspondence
Antislavery movements--United States--History--19th century
Women abolitionists--United States
Women social reformers--United States
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--United States
Toll, C. S.
Sturge, Joseph, 1793-1859
Crandall, Prudence, 1803-1890
Chapman, Maria Weston, 1806-1885