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Letter from Johnn Bishop Estlin, Bristol, [England], to Richard Davis Webb, 1845 November 13

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Holograph, signed.Title devised by cataloger.On the back of this letter, there is annotations in a different hand that state that this letter is "well worthy of a careful and well considered reply, which could be taken by E.Q [Edmund Quincy] or W.P [Wendell Philips] if the recipient could not do it. The card catalog indicates that the addressee had sent the letter to Mrs. Maria (Weston) Chapman with this suggestion."John Bishop Estlin writes to Richard Davis Webb in regards to the refusal of the municipal Unitarian Ministers to sign the "Address" sent a year and a half ago to America. He writes, "the letters of all the objections, with their reasons, came into my hands, and as some of their arguments seemed good ones...their American Brethren really needed a stimulus, if not a reproof." He writes that the abuse of the clergy by Garrison & his party are "unchristian & impolitic." He criticizes Dr. Orville Dewey for having "indifference to the rights of the cause." He favors enlightening slaveholders through "gentleness & love." He writes of Frederick Douglass's Narrative and regrets that it contains anything that should limit its circulation. He believes a good model may be found in the tract "Slavery in America" by Chamber's Miscellany. He writes that he has been occasionally "disgusted with H.C. Wright's expressions & opinions as to the observance of Sunday." He writes that the abuse of ministers & Christians Societies for "not allowing discussions on Free trade, Universal suffrage, & such topics to...
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