"Holograph, signed. Mary Carpenter tells about some of the gifts sent for the Boston anti-slavery fair, mentioning that Mrs. Eliza L. Follen has particularly requested the drawing of Mary Carpenter's house. Carpenter encloses a poem by Coleridge in which the river otter is immortalized. Carpenter has sent a beautiful poem to Mrs. Follen, which Mary W. Chapman is at liberty to print under certain restrictions. She suggests that Chapman send over a number of papers giving a brief account of the fair. Carpenter recalls that Clarkson, Granville, Sharp, and Wilberforce were toiling \"on through a gloomy night.\" She quotes Wendell Phillips: \"I do not know that I was born to abolish the slave trade, but I know that I was born to do my duty.\""
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"Letter from Mary Carpenter, Bristol, [England], to Maria Weston Chapman, Nov. 8, 1845"
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creators
"Carpenter, Mary, 1807-1877 (Author); Chapman, Maria Weston, 1806-1885 (Addressee)"
