Abby Kelley Foster, Papers, 1836-1975
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Letters, n.d.; 1836-1925
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1844 Jun-Sep |
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1854 Feb-Apr |
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1836-1837 |
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1844 Oct-Dec |
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1854 May-Dec |
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1838 Jan-Jun |
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1845 Jan-Mar |
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1855 Feb-Aug |
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1838 Jul-Oct |
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1845 Apr-May |
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1855 Sep-Oct |
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1839 Jan-Mar |
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1845 Jul-Dec |
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1856 |
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1839 Apr-Sep |
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1846 Jan-Feb |
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1857 |
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1840 Mar-Jun |
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1846 Mar-Apr |
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1858 |
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1840 Jul-Oct |
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1846 May-Nov |
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1859 Jun 19, Jun 30 |
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1841 Mar-Jul |
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1847 Feb-Jun |
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1859? Jun 24 |
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1841 Aug-Nov |
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1847 Aug-Sep 9 |
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1859 Jul |
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1842 Mar-Jul |
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1847 Sep 11-Oct |
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1859 Aug? |
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1842 Aug-Dec |
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1859 Sep 8 |
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1843 Jan-Feb |
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1849 |
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1843 Mar-May |
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1850 Jan-Jun |
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1864-1869 |
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1843 Jun-Jul |
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1850 Jul-Sep |
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1843 Aug |
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1851 Jan-Mar |
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1843 Sep-Oct |
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1851 Apr-Aug |
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1843 Nov-Dec |
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1851 Sep-Dec |
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1882-1883 |
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1844 Jan-Feb |
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1852 |
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1884-1887 |
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1853 |
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AKF to SSF, n.d. |
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Sallie Holley, n.d. |
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Wendell Phillips, n.d.
Ann G. Phillips, n.d. |
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AKF to AWF, n.d.
AWF to AKF, n.d. |
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Miscellaneous Papers
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Accounts of AKF by AWF |
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Miscellaneous papers |
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Papers re: the collection |
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Compositions by AWF |
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Newsclippings, etc., 1853-1975
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"A Consummation Devoutly to be Wished" (re: Wm. Lloyd Garrison;
Garrisonians; Anti-Slavery Party), from the Daily Democrat, [Nov or Dec]ember
1, 1853 |
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Parker Pillsbury obituary, July 7, 1898 |
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"When the Tin Horn Sounds in Upton" by James R. Wheeler, from
the Worcester Sunday Telegram, June 25, 1960 |
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"Letter from Wendell Phillips ... October 30, 1883" |
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"Reminiscences of Two Abolitionists" by Lillie B. Chace Wyman
(from New England Magazine, January 1903, pp. 536-550) |
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"Bay State People of the Past" by Margaret Parsons (from the
Worcester Evening Gazette, June 21, 1961) |
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The Woman's Journal, Vol. XVIII, No. 4, Boston, Saturday, January 22,
1887
--contains an account of AKF's funeral |
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"Abby Kelley and Stephen S. Foster with quotations from Manuscript
in possession of the Worcester Historical Society. Compiled by Historical
Records Survey[,] Works Progress Administration, 1938." |
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List of AKF and SSF materials owned by the Worcester Historical Society,
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"Fortieth Anniversary of the First Woman's Rights Convention ...,"
[1890 or 1891] |
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"Famous Old Worcester Houses" (re: Liberty Farm), by Esther
C. Averill (from the Worcester Telegram, August 15, 1948 |
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Albert G. Waite, Notes on ...
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Stephen Symonds Foster (includes last will and testament) |
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Wing Kelley (father of AKF) |
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Liberty Farm |
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Foster Family genealogy |
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Kelley Family genealogy |
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Upton (Mass.) and the Underground Railroad |
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Wm. Lloyd Garrison |
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Kinney Family (includes obituaries for Henry E. Kinney and Clarence
W. Kinney) |
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Abigail Kelley Foster, wife of Stephen Symonds Foster (1809-1881) and noted antislavery partisan and women's rights advocate, was an active correspondent and lecturer on behalf of reform movements in the middle of the 19th century.
This collection of correspondence provides a detailed look at the antislavery movement in the period 1837-1850, particularly in New York, New England, and Ohio. It also illuminates the role of women in politics and reform movements, as well as that of reformers generally in politics. The collection details Foster's many lecture tours and activities on behalf of a variety of reforms, and also illustrates her role among and influence upon major figures of the period. Principal correspondents include William Lloyd Garrison, Maria Weston Chapman, Gerrit Smith, Jane Elizabeth Hitchcock Jones, Parker Pillsbury, Sallie Holley, and Wendell Phillips.
Collection is item-cataloged; available in Catalogue of the Manuscript Collections of the American Antiquarian Society. 4 vols. (Boston: G.K. Hall & Co., 1979), and in the Manuscripts Department card catalog.
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