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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC04239 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to 1851 |
| Title | Lewis Tappan to Mary Ann Jackson encouraging her to find subscribers for the American Missionary Association |
| Date | 13 January 1851 |
| Author | Tappan, Lewis (1788-1873) |
| Recipient | Jackson, Mary Ann |
| Document Type | Correspondence; Non-governmental organization document |
| Content Description | Inquiring if Jackson can try to interest her neighbors in the American Missionary Association and give them copies of the Association's publications. Writes, "Are there no other Christians in your place and neighborhood [whom] Mr R. and yourself can interest in the Association? Can you not effect this by getting them to read our publications?" Also thanks her for her donation, and sends a pamphlet (not present) on the Fugitive Slave Bill which passed in 1850. On illustrated stationery of the Association. |
| Subjects | American Anti-Slavery Society Member Christianity Religion Women's History Fugitive Slave Act Runaway Slave Slavery African American History Reform Movement |
| People | Tappan, Lewis (1788-1873) Jackson, Mary Ann (fl. 1851) |
| Place written | New York, New York |
| Theme | Religion; Slavery & Abolition; African Americans; Women in American History |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
| Additional Information | Lewis Tappan was a prominent abolitionist and businessman. He was seriously involved in numerous anti-slavery and religious causes, among them the American Anti-Slavery Society and the American Missionary Association, both of which he helped found. From 1839-41, Tappan was also a member of the committee which undertook to secure the freedom of the Amistad captives. In 1855 he accepted office in a new organization known as the Abolition Society and in 1870 he published "The Life of Arthur Tappan." |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |