Report of the Twentieth National Anti-Slavery BazaarWeston, A. W.
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Report of the Twentieth National Anti-Slavery Bazaar
Weston, A. W.
Antislavery movements -- Massachusetts; Bazaars (Charities) -- Massachusetts -- Boston
In respect to the very costly and elegant collection sent from London,
by Mrs. Massie, we have to regret that it should have arrived so late.
Notwithstanding our utmost exertions, we were unable to obtain the box
from the Custom House till the evening of the 29th, and the Bazaar
closed on the 31st. The very pretty box from Cork was displayed at the
same time, and the effect of their arrival was at once evinced in the
greatly increased receipts; but still, as our first two days are
always the best in respect to sales, we could not but regret that so
many valuable and beautiful articles should have been absent at the
opening. It is almost impossible to do full justice to the boxes
arriving under such circumstances. They must necessarily be unpacked
and examined under great difficulties. Mrs. Massie’s full and ample
lists were a great assistance; but as such beautiful crochet work as
that we received from Cork, is hardly known in this country, we should
have been glad had our Cork friends affixed their own prices. The
magnificent Ottomans in the London box, were the admiration of all
beholders, but we were able to dispose of only one. The other has been
carefully reserved for another sale. The beautiful Silvered Glass also
met with its due appreciation, and sold readily, no specimens so fine
having been offered before in Boston. But the crowning glory of the
London Contribution were the very exquisite engravings presented by
Thomas Agnew, Esq., of Manchester. The subjects are――“The Independents
asserting Liberty of Conscience before the Westminster Assembly,
1644,” and “The Royal Agricultural Society of England.” In the former,
most of the faces are portraits which have been taken at great expense
and trouble from original paintings, and in the latter, the portraits
are those of living individuals. Both of these attracted very great
attention, and the first named was purchased by Mr. Wendell Phillips,
as were also the valuable portraits of Sir Humphrey Davy, John Dalton,
Esq., and Rev. Dr. Massie. “The Royal Agricultural Society” will be
sure to find a ready sale next year, as it would, we think, have done
this, had it been received in sufficient season, as will also the
beautiful “English Lake Scenery.”
To the Rev. Dr. Massie, the Bazaar is much indebted for a little work,
very tastefully got up, entitled, “Slavery, the Crime and Curse of
America.” A large number of copies having been received for gratuitous
distribution, the Committee have circulated them as extensively as was
possible, and, as far as might be in their power, have endeavored to
bring the work before the notice of members of pro-slavery evangelical
churches, (if we may be allowed to depart so far from the original
meaning of words, as to place them in such a collocation.)
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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