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Holograph, signed.
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Document identity
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cv43qj880
label
Letter from Esther Sturge, Northfleet, [England], to Maria Weston Chapman, 30 [day] 5 mo[nth] 1849
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obj
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document
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1
Source metadata
id
cv43qj880
contentType
document
stage
normalized
title
Letter from Esther Sturge, Northfleet, [England], to Maria Weston Chapman, 30 [day] 5 mo[nth] 1849
description
Holograph, signed.
date
["May 30, 1849"]
year
1849
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
3134389
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
Peace movements
Antislavery movements--United States
Women abolitionists--United States
Sturge, Esther
Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895
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
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largeImageUrl
pageCount
1
source
import
extent
1 leaf (4 p.) ; 10 x 7 7/8 in.
hasTranscription
yes
Source extras
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sf268508b
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ht24xg10q
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42.35
schema:longitude
-71.05
notes
Holograph, signed.
Esther Sturge was prevented from writing because of illness in the family. The "serious indisposition" of Esther Sturge's brother was for some weeks very alarming. Esther Sturge finds the progress of anti-slavery principles in America delightful. She asks how it is that funds are so low in Boston just now.
In the postscript, Esther Sturge explains that her brevity is the result of gout, which has made her "hand almost useless." She mentions also that they still hope to have a Peace Convention in August in Paris. She believes that Frederick Douglass is now in London.
pubPlace
Northfleet, [England]
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cv43qj880
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document
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1
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0
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photo
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