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Source Description
Holograph, signed.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
7s75fz386
label
Letter from Ellen Sturgis Hooper, Woburn, [Mass.], to Maria Weston Chapman, Oct. 14th
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obj
dtoType
document
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
7s75fz386
contentType
document
stage
normalized
title
Letter from Ellen Sturgis Hooper, Woburn, [Mass.], to Maria Weston Chapman, Oct. 14th
description
Holograph, signed.
date
["[ca. 1832–1867]"]
year
1832
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
3133258
creators
Hooper, Ellen Sturgis
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
Hooper, Ellen S.
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
thumbnailUrl
largeImageUrl
pageCount
1
source
import
extent
1 leaf (3 p.) ; 7 1/8 x 4 3/8 in.
hasTranscription
yes
Source extras
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sf268508b
collectionArkId
ht24xg10q
schema:latitude
42.35
schema:longitude
-71.05
notes
Holograph, signed.
Ellen Sturgis Hooper declines the opportunity to aid Maria Weston Chapman with her work. Hooper said: "With regard to writing for the [Liberty] Bell, if I should wish to give voice to any feeling on the subject of slavery, I should prefer a different channel..."
The bottom half of page 3-4 has been cut off.
pubPlace
Woburn, [Mass.]
dcId
7s75fz386
type
document
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
0877bc4726eb0080