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1836 January 6 . A[llen] Crocker Spooner ALS to Lemuel Stephens; Fairview, [Maryland]

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Box 2
Abstract:
Does not believe rumors of Stephens dispariging his character. Winter weather restricts his leisure activities, ability to get to the post office, and church options. Describes Mr. Bowie, an unpleasant plantation owner, who has enough "overseers and other subordinates, that very little of it falls to his share. His chief business is to get rid of time." Notes how Bowie passes his time and discusses Mrs. Bowie, her longstanding illnesses, her fixation on her ailments and treatments, and her "being surrounded by slaves." Wishes he could earn a living through literature but notes the difficulty of securing a professorship at universities. Discusses Congress, efforts to abolish slavery in Washington, D.C., and unfavorable views of abolitionists. Mentions Southern secessionists and how they threaten "receding from the Union because their exclusive rights are discussed by a 'miserable minority of fanatics,' they are at the same time, in their legislative assemblies and by their official papers, dictating with threats to the legislatures of the North. If they are justifiable in being so enraged at Abolition intermeddling, what bounds shall be set to the wrath of the insulted north!"
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Collection

African American and African Diaspora collection, 1729-1970 (majority within 1781-1865)
Total components 346
Items available online Online 252
Last indexed 2024-08-05