Hunt, Richard Baxter, 1817-1898 (SC 3455)

Authors

Manuscripts & Folklife Archives, Western Kentucky UniversityFollow

Publication Date

7-30-2019

Comments

This collection is archived in the Manuscripts & Folklife Archives at Western Kentucky University; 270-745-5083, mssfa@wku.edu

Abstract

Finding aid and typescript (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3455. Letter, 15 March 1837, of Richard Hunt to his brother David B. Hunt in Brooklyn, New York. Employed by a merchant in Louisville, Kentucky, Richard writes of his economic prospects but laments leaving his friends and family behind, including a young lady. He encourages David’s entry into business and refers to their father, “Deacon Hunt,” and to Samuel, another brother. He also writes of his work at a “colored school” and the eagerness of the students despite a shortage of teachers. Referring to an earlier discussion with his brother about abolishing slavery, he is sympathetic to the cause but believes it to be futile unless slaves are first educated to “receive freedom as a blessing” and made to “feel that they are human beings, and that they have souls that must exist forever.”

Disciplines

United States History

Recommended Citation

Folklife Archives, Manuscripts &, "Hunt, Richard Baxter, 1817-1898 (SC 3455)" (2019). Manuscript Collection Finding Aids. Paper 4731.
https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_mss_fin_aid/4731