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Anonymous letter addressed to Edward M. Davis, 1856 August 30
Collection Overview
Collection Description & Creator Information
- Content Description
Consists of an anonymous letter (New York, August 30, 1856) addressed to Edward Michael Davis, "... a Quaker merchant of Philadelphia, married to the daughter of Lucretia Mott, the women's rights pioneer of Seneca Falls. A fervent Abolitionist, Davis was actively involved in promoting the unsuccessful presidential candidacy of John Fremont, the first nominee of the newly-formed anti-slavery Republican Party... Fremont's presidential campaign garnered the support of Abolitionists – like the anonymous writer of this letter – who proposed to Davis a tenuous alliance of the campaign with the anti-Catholic Know Nothings (whose meetings were often disrupted by Irish Catholic mobs.) The writer was obviously a political 'insider' as well as anti-slavery true believer. His 'private' information about Pennsylvania Governor William Johnston was accurate."
- Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically by the name of the creator or by the date of acquisition.
Collection History
- Acquisition:
Purchased from Michael Brown Rare Books in November 2022 (AM 2023-091).
- Appraisal
No material was separated during processing.
- Processing Information
Item processed and described by Armando Suárez in March 2023, incorporating some description provided by the dealer.
Access & Use
- Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research use.
- Conditions Governing Use
Single copies may be made for research purposes. To cite or publish quotations that fall within Fair Use, as defined under U. S. Copyright Law, no permission is required. For instances beyond Fair Use, it is the responsibility of the researcher to determine whether any permissions related to copyright, privacy, publicity, or any other rights are necessary for their intended use of the Library's materials, and to obtain all required permissions from any existing rights holders, if they have not already done so. Princeton University Library's Special Collections does not charge any permission or use fees for the publication of images of materials from our collections, nor does it require researchers to obtain its permission for said use. The department does request that its collections be properly cited and images credited. More detailed information can be found on the Copyright, Credit and Citations Guidelines page on our website. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us through the Ask Us! form.
- Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
For preservation reasons, original analog and digital media may not be read or played back in the reading room. Users may visually inspect physical media but may not remove it from its enclosure. All analog audiovisual media must be digitized to preservation-quality standards prior to use. Audiovisual digitization requests are processed by an approved third-party vendor. Please note, the transfer time required can be as little as several weeks to as long as several months and there may be financial costs associated with the process. Requests should be directed through the Ask Us Form.
- Credit this material:
Anonymous letter addressed to Edward M. Davis; General Manuscripts Miscellaneous Collection, C0140, Manuscripts Division, Department of Special Collections, Princeton University Library
- Location:
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Firestone LibraryOne Washington RoadPrinceton, NJ 08544, USA
- Storage Note:
- Firestone Library (mss): Box B-002024
Find More
- Existence and Location of Copies
Parts of this collection are available on microfilm, cataloged separately as RCPXM-7497696.
- Subject Terms:
- Quaker abolitionists -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- History -- 19th century -- Correspondence
- Genre Terms:
- Correspondence -- 19th century
- Places:
- Pennsylvania -- Politics and government -- 19th century.
