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Holograph, signed.
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Document identity
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cv43qm190
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Letter from Richard Davis Webb, Dublin, [Ireland], to Maria Weston Chapman, July 29, 1865
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1
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id
cv43qm190
contentType
document
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normalized
title
Letter from Richard Davis Webb, Dublin, [Ireland], to Maria Weston Chapman, July 29, 1865
description
Holograph, signed.
date
["July 29, 1865"]
year
1865
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
3134323
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
Great Britain--History--19th century
Webb, Richard Davis, 1805-1872
Martineau, Harriet, 1802-1876
May, Samuel, Jr., 1810-1899
Smith, Goldwin, 1823-1910
Waring, Maria
Chapman, Maria Weston, 1806-1885
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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import
extent
1 leaf (4 p.) ; 8 x 5 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.
Richard Davis Webb's sister-in-law, Mrs. Palmer, long known as Maria Waring, sends a legacy of five pounds left by her recently deceased friend Maragaret White. Margaret White was "for many years a subscriber from but small resources to the American Anti-Slavery Society." Webb also sends along a small sum due to the Standard because Samuel May does not want to have anything more to do with this paper. He greatly regrets that "in this 11th hour of the Anti-Slavery Enterprise such a difference of opinion & feeling should have arisen between the tried & trusted leaders of the cause." Webb regrets especially the "infirmity" of Wendell Phillips. In reference to a bitter criticism reprinted in the Standard regarding the English literati in relation to the late Civil War, Webb comments: "I think H. Martineau & Godwin Smith are looked on as no better than they should have been." The fact remains that the majority of Englishmen have been on the side of the North. Webb wishes that Mrs. Maria W. Chapman to subscribe to the newspaper the Nation for Dr. Palmer and himself. Webb has written to Mme. Laugel, "but her thoughts have doubtless been taken up the tragical death of her cousin."
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Dublin, [Ireland]
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cv43qm190
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document
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1
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photo
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