Call Number:

SCRC 142

Repository:

Temple University Libraries: Special Collections Research Center

Extent:

0.01 linear feet (16 items in 1 folder)

Language:

English

Preferred Citation:

[Description and date of item], Edmund Quincy Correspondence, SCRC 142, Special Collections Research Center, Temple University Libraries, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Date:

1844-1876 (inclusive)

Creator:

Quincy, Edmund, 1808-1877

Form:

Correspondence

Abstract:

Edumund Quincy, author and reformer, was born in Boston, Mass., the second son of Josiah Quincy, President of Harvard. He graduated from Harvard in 1827. He subsequently became involved in The Abolitionist Movement and was associated with William Lloyd Garrison. Quincy worked as editor of NON-RESISTANT, an official paper for The Movement. Quincy also wrote a biography of his father and a novel, Wensley, in 1850. He also contributed heavily The anti-slavery press.

Correspondence between a prominent American abolitionist and other abolitionists and writers. One letter to Sir Richard Henry Dana, Sr. outlines the history of The Anti-Slavery Society; lists many of the periodical's noted American and European contributors; and requests Dana to write an article for The Liberty Bell. Other letters discuss anti-slavery activities and racism. Correspondence from George Thompson, English abolitionist, barred from The U.S. because of his anti-slavery activities mentions funds raised for William Lloyd Garrison. Other correspondents includ Louise Jane Park Hall, Samuel Gridley Howe, and Charles K. Whipple.