Edmund Quincy

In the letter referenced in my last blog written by Anne Warren Weston, a Mr. Quincy is discussed. I wanted to find out who Mr. Quincy was, so I looked closer at the article for some more clues. It does state that Mr. Quincy wrote parts of the Annual Reports for the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society, specifically for the years 1842 and 1843. Looking at the annual reports for those years, the only Quincy mentioned is Edmund Quincy.

I found a little bit of information on Edmund. It seems he would take charge of the newspaper, The Liberator, when William Lloyd Garrison was absent. Here is a link to the Liberator Files website, with articles written by, or referencing, Edmund Quincy. I also looked into his genealogy, and found a page on his immigrant ancestor - Edmund Quincy. I did a quick family tree from this information. It looks like the immigrant Edmund Quincy is the 5th great grandfather of our anti-slavery writer Edmund Quincy.