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Source Description
Holograph, signed.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
cv43qd38z
label
Letter from Esther Sturge, Northfleet, [England], to Maria Weston Chapman, 16 [day] 12 mo[nth] 1859
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obj
dtoType
document
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
cv43qd38z
contentType
document
stage
normalized
title
Letter from Esther Sturge, Northfleet, [England], to Maria Weston Chapman, 16 [day] 12 mo[nth] 1859
description
Holograph, signed.
date
["December 16, 1859"]
year
1859
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
3134392
creators
Sturge, Esther
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
Sturge, Esther
Brown, John, 1800-1859
Sturge, Thomas
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
thumbnailUrl
largeImageUrl
pageCount
1
source
import
extent
1 leaf (1 p.) ; 9 7/8 x 7 7/8 in.
hasTranscription
yes
Source extras
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sf268508b
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ht24xg10q
schema:latitude
42.35
schema:longitude
-71.05
notes
Holograph, signed.
Esther Sturge encloses a contribution of writing for her brother, Thomas Sturge. Esther Sturge trusts that "this attempt of John Browns may excite the attention of many otherwise inactive and not alive to the seriousness of the Sin of Slavery."
pubPlace
Northfleet, [England]
dcId
cv43qd38z
type
document
Single page context
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1
pageIndex
0
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photo
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e9282b00597e5854