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Holograph, signed.
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cv43pr96r
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Letter from Richard Davis Webb, Dublin, [Ireland], to Maria Weston Chapman, November 15, 1854
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cv43pr96r
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document
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title
Letter from Richard Davis Webb, Dublin, [Ireland], to Maria Weston Chapman, November 15, 1854
description
Holograph, signed.
date
["November 15, 1854"]
year
1854
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
3134211
creators
Webb, Richard Davis, 1805-1872
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
Webb, Richard Davis, 1805-1872
Alexander, Geo. W. (George William), 1802-1890
May, Samuel, Jr., 1810-1899
Pillsbury, Parker, 1809-1898
Sturge, Joseph, 1793-1859
Weston, Anne Warren, 1812-1890
Weston, Caroline, 1808-1882
Chapman, Maria Weston, 1806-1885
Chamerovzow, Louis Alexis
Anti-slavery advocate
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.) ; 8 3/8 x 5 3/8 in.
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yes
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sf268508b
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42.35
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-71.05
notes
Holograph, signed.
Richard Davis Webb received a letter from Samuel May, Jr., warning him against the coaltion of the American and British anti-slavery forces proposed by L. A. Chamerovzow. Richard D. Webb expects nothing from Chamerovzow, and Parker Pillsbury is suspicious of him. Chamerovzow "has a love for manoeuvring which never does much good." He does not think the British & Foreign Anti-Slavery Society will merge with the American abolitionists. Richard D. Webb writes: "We are a mere handful and British & Foreign are only Joseph Sturge, G. W. Alexander & Chamerovzow, who continue to profess to believe that good can really come out of Galilee." Edmund Quincy informed Richard D. Webb that Anne W. Weston objected to an extract from a letter from Maria Weston Chapman, which appeared in the Anti-Slavery Advocate. Richard D. Webb thought it was all right to print it after deleting the names in it. He regrets that Caroline Weston found it difficult to get the barometer he asked for. He describes Parker Pillsbury as "a very able and impressive speaker." He says the English upper classes are "strongly with any despotism against any assertion of popular rights."
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Dublin, [Ireland]
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cv43pr96r
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document
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