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Source Description
Holograph, signed.
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Document identity
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wm118h80s
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Letter from Lydia Maria Child, New York, to John Sullivan Dwight, Oct. 23d, 1844
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document
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1
Source metadata
id
wm118h80s
contentType
document
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normalized
title
Letter from Lydia Maria Child, New York, to John Sullivan Dwight, Oct. 23d, 1844
description
Holograph, signed.
date
["October 23, 1844"]
year
1844
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
3132181
creators
Dwight, John Sullivan, 1813-1893
Child, Lydia Maria, 1802-1880
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
Dwight, John Sullivan, 1813-1893
Child, Lydia Maria, 1802-1880
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
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extent
1 leaf (4 p.) ; 10 x 8 in.
hasTranscription
yes
Source extras
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sf268508b
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42.35
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-71.05
notes
Holograph, signed.
Child praises the violinist, Ole Bull. Criticizes a French clique who underrated him. Asks Dwight to write an article on Ole Bull for the Democratic Review.
For reference to this letter and others connected with it, see pages 75-82, in George Willis Cooke's book, John Sullivan Dwight : brook-farmer, editor, and critic of music : a biography, (1898).
Above the salutation is the note by Child: Please not read this letter to strangers. I have written with too much abandon for the public eye.
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New York
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wm118h80s
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document
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1
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0
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photo
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