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Holograph, signed.
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Document identity
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cv43qh247
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Letter from Amos Farnsworth, Groton, [Mass.], to Maria Weston Chapman, Dec. 13, 1842
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document
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cv43qh247
contentType
document
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normalized
title
Letter from Amos Farnsworth, Groton, [Mass.], to Maria Weston Chapman, Dec. 13, 1842
description
Holograph, signed.
date
["December 13, 1842"]
year
1842
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
3134363
creators
Farnsworth, Amos, 1788-1861
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
Farnsworth, Amos, 1788-1861
Leavitt, Joshua, 1794-1873
Chapman, Maria Weston, 1806-1885
Child, David Lee, 1794-1874
Liberator (Boston, Mass. : 1831)
subjectsGeographic
Boston
Massachusetts
North and Central America
Suffolk (county)
United States
genreBasic
Correspondence
Manuscripts
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Text
country
United States
state
Massachusetts
county
Suffolk
city
Boston
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1
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extent
1 leaf (4 p.) ; 9 7/8 x 7 7/8 in.
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yes
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42.35
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-71.05
notes
Holograph, signed.
Amos Farnsworth expresses perplexity at the idea of a contribution to sustain Jushua Leavitt in Washington this winter; he wonders if "our contributing friends think the time as come for a decree of general amnesty." The Old Organization has lost much ground by not having anyone in Washington; Amos Farnsworth knows of no better man for the purpose than David Lee Child. Aware of the Liberator's decreasing subscription list, Farnsworth thinks that what agents can spare "must be put immediately into the field" to raise money for the present emergency. John A. Collins, "having married a wife, cannot go." Farnsworth has a troublesome anti-slavery lawsuit on his hands and is already liable for $1000. There was a notice in the Courier of an anti-slavery convention to be held in Concord, Mass., on Forefathers' Day. Farnsworth offers to send two barrels of apples for Caroline Weston's refreshment table at the fair.
pubPlace
Groton, [Mass.]
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cv43qh247
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document
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1
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0
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photo
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