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Holograph, signed.
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7s75ft98t
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Letter from Maria Weston Chapman, 39 Summer Street, Boston, to Debora Weston, Monday, Aug. 1, 1842
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7s75ft98t
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document
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title
Letter from Maria Weston Chapman, 39 Summer Street, Boston, to Debora Weston, Monday, Aug. 1, 1842
description
Holograph, signed.
date
["August 1, 1842"]
year
1842
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
3132943
creators
Weston, Debora, 1814-
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, Debora, 1814-
Beane, Mr. & Mrs., of New Bedford, Mass.
Chapman, Henry Grafton, 1804-1842
Parker, Theodore, 1810-1860
Quincy, Edmund, 1808-1877
Ware, John, 1795-1864
Chapman, Maria Weston, 1806-1885
subjectsGeographic
Boston
Massachusetts
North and Central America
Suffolk (county)
United States
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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.) ; 7 1/4 x 4 1/2 in. + 1 envelope (2 3/4 x 4 in.)
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yes
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sf268508b
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ht24xg10q
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42.35
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-71.05
notes
Holograph, signed.
Maria Weston Chapman writes that Caroline Weston and Mary Chapman visited Ann and Wendell Phillips in Lynn and Nahant. Edmund Quincy has written "a sort of apostolic letter to the Ripley Community" [Brook Farm] inviting them to a picnic. "Theodore Parker too is expected." [George W.F.?] Mellen spent the evening. Parkman Blake called. And Mr. Beane called "about getting Anne to supply Abby [Osgood's] place." Dr. Gay has gone to Europe, and his place is taken by Dr. Ware, who has a "reputation in lung complaints." He has given Henry G. Chapman a mixture containing opium, which has "alleviated every bad symptom," but which nevertheless fills Maria with horror. Maria concludes the letter by commenting: "I am afraid you will see reason to think Henry has failed very much."
Includes an envelope addressed to "Debora Weston, New Bedford, Kindness of William Coffin."
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39 Summer Street, Boston
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7s75ft98t
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document
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1
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photo
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