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Sigourney, Lydia Howard Huntley (1791-1865) Autograph Letter Signed, Hartford, Connecticut, 9 May 1848.
Single wove bifolium leaf inscribed over four pages, to Philadelphia abolitionist Elliott Cresson (1796-1854), discussing a number of people involved in the cause, and enclosing five dollars (not present) as a donation to "the interests of education among the Liberians," 10 3/4 x 8 in. unfolded.
Sigourney mentions reading a biography of Maryland abolitionist and educator Margaret Mercer (1791-1846), whom Cresson knew personally. "My dear Mr. Wadsworth has passed favourably through the winter," she notes, most likely referring to Daniel Wadsworth (1771-1848), (of the Wadsworth Atheneum) who sadly lived only another two months. His late wife, Faith Trumbull Wadsworth (1769-1846), is also remembered in the letter. In closing, Sigourney asks after Elizabeth Mars Johnson Thomson (1807-1864), the African American missionary serving in Liberia who was born in Connecticut and had recently visited the state before returning to her work overseas.
