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Source Description
Holograph, signed with initials.
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Document identity
localId
7s75fz28z
label
Letter from Mary Carpenter, Bristol, [England], to Maria Weston Chapman, Oct. 1847
core
obj
dtoType
document
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
7s75fz28z
contentType
document
stage
normalized
title
Letter from Mary Carpenter, Bristol, [England], to Maria Weston Chapman, Oct. 1847
description
Holograph, signed with initials.
date
["October 1847"]
year
1847
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
3133364
creators
Carpenter, Mary, 1807-1877
Chapman, Maria Weston, 1806-1885
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Anti-Slavery Collection
subjects
Antislavery movements--United States--History--19th century
Women abolitionists--Massachusetts--Boston--19th century--Correspondence
Antislavery movements--United States
Women abolitionists--United States
Carpenter, Mary, 1807-1877
Chapman, Maria Weston, 1806-1885
Liberty bell (Boston, Mass.)
subjectsGeographic
Boston
Massachusetts
North and Central America
Suffolk (county)
United States
genreBasic
Correspondence
Manuscripts
typeOfResource
Text
country
United States
state
Massachusetts
county
Suffolk
city
Boston
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largeImageUrl
pageCount
1
source
import
extent
1 leaf (4 p.) ; 7 7/8 x 4 7/8 in.
hasTranscription
yes
Source extras
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sf268508b
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ht24xg10q
schema:latitude
42.35
schema:longitude
-71.05
notes
Holograph, signed with initials.
Mary Carpenter offers a poem (which she copied on pages three and four of this letter). The poem was written by a deceased minister and given to Mary Carpenter by his widow for publication in the Liberty Bell. The poem is five stanzas in length and is entitled "Lines written Aug. 1st 1838, when Slavery ceased in the British West India Isles," and has the initials J.M. for the author.
pubPlace
Bristol, [England]
dcId
7s75fz28z
type
document
Single page context
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1
pageIndex
0
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photo
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1112e2dda82c88b9