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Holograph, signed.
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Document identity
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wm118525n
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Letter from Caroline Weston to Henry Grafton Chapman and Maria Weston Chapman, [1839?]
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1
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wm118525n
contentType
document
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normalized
title
Letter from Caroline Weston to Henry Grafton Chapman and Maria Weston Chapman, [1839?]
description
Holograph, signed.
date
["[1839?]"]
year
1839
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
2796863
creators
Weston, Caroline, 1808-1882
Chapman, Henry Grafton, 1804-1842
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
Weston, Caroline, 1808-1882
Chapman, Henry Grafton, 1804-1842
Chace, William M., 1814-1862
Fitch, Charles, 1805-1844
Mack, David, 1804-1878
Burleigh, Cyrus Moses, 1820-1855
Stanton, Henry B. (Henry Brewster), 1805-1887
Phelps, Amos A. (Amos Augustus), 1805-1847
Birney, James Gillespie, 1792-1857
Chapman, Maria Weston, 1806-1885
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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pageCount
1
source
import
extent
1 leaf (4 p.) ; 10 x 7 3/4 in.
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yes
Source extras
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sf268508b
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ht24xg10q
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42.35
schema:longitude
-71.05
notes
Holograph, signed.
Caroline Weston discusses the use of certain letters in connection with some aspect of the clerical appeal. The meaning is not clear. There will always be fighters for the cause, even if they are only members of her family. Caroline said: "You will see Wm Chace's foolish letter in the Standard..." Chace joined the Transcendentalists. It is rumored that Henry B. Stanton and James G. Birney have abandoned the abolitionist cause. She mentions David Mack, but the meaning of this passage is obscure. "Cyrus Burleigh is said to be engaged to marry Lucinda Wilmarth." Rev. Charles Fitch is having trouble with the Free Church. Amos A. Phelps took notes at church. "We are all delighted with all your letters..." Caroline wants the Maria and Henry Chapman to find out something about Toussaint L'Ouverture. She urges Henry G. Chapman to keep up his journal. She talks about preparations for an anti-slavery fair in New York.
The first paragraph of pages 1-2 has been cut out. Therefore, the beginning of the letter is missing.
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