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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 14 0 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 26. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 5 1 Browse Search
Lydia Maria Child, Isaac T. Hopper: a true life 4 0 Browse Search
Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 2 (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.) 2 0 Browse Search
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uaker Preacher, 258. Prophetic Presentiment of his Mother, 262. The aged Bondman emancipated, 264. A Presentiment of Treachery, 266. The Quaker who purchased a Stolen Horse, 270. Elias Hicks and the Schism in the Society of Friends, 273 to 286. Pecuniary difficulties, 287 to 291. Death of his Wife, 291. Death of his son Isaac, 292. Journey to Maryland, and Testimony against Slavery, 293. His marriage with Hannah Attmore, 294. Removes to New-York, 296. Matthew Carey's facetious Letter of Introduction, 296. Anecdotes of his visit to England and Ireland, 296 to 313. Anecdote of the Diseased Horse, 302. Visit to William Penn's Grave, 309. The Storm at Sea. Profane Language rebuked, 312. The Clergyman and his Books, 313. His Book-store in New-York, 313. The Mob in Pearl-Street, 315. Judge Chinn's Slave, 316. One of his sons mobbed at the South, 319. His Letter to the Mayor of Savannah, 327. His Phrenological Character, 3
Lydia Maria Child, Isaac T. Hopper: a true life, The two young offenders. (search)
in Ireland, made it necessary for him to visit that country. Experience had painfully convinced him that theological controversy sometimes leads to personal animosity; and that few people were so open and direct in their mode of expressing hostility, as he himself was. Therefore, before going abroad, he took the precaution to ask letters from citizens of various classes and sects in Philadelphia; and he found no difficulty in obtaining them from the most respectable and distinguished. Matthew Carey, the well known philanthropist wrote as follows: As you are about to visit my native country, and have applied to me for a testimonial concerning your character, I cheerfully comply with your request. I have been well acquainted with you for about thirty-five years, and I can testify that, during the whole of that time, you have been a perfect pest to our Southern neighbors. A Southern gentleman could scarcely visit this city, without having his slave taken from him by your instrument