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Holograph, signed.
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qz20t080x
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Letter from Richard Davis Webb, Dublin, [Ireland], to Maria Weston Chapman, Sunday, February 23, 1851
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qz20t080x
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title
Letter from Richard Davis Webb, Dublin, [Ireland], to Maria Weston Chapman, Sunday, February 23, 1851
description
Holograph, signed.
date
["February 23, 1851"]
year
1851
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
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No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
3133292
creators
Webb, Richard Davis, 1805-1872
Chapman, Maria Weston, 1806-1885
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Anti-Slavery Collection
subjects
Abolitionists--Great Britain
Antislavery movements--United States--History--19th century
Women abolitionists--Massachusetts--Boston--19th century--Correspondence
Abolitionists
Antislavery movements--United States
Women abolitionists--United States
Webb, Richard Davis, 1805-1872
Bardonneau, Madam
Barker, Joseph, 1806-1875
Cabot, Susan C. (Susan Copley), 1794-1861
Massie, Isabella
Thompson, George, 1804-1878
British and Foreign Anti-slavery Society
Follen, Eliza Lee Cabot, 1787-1860
Chapman, Maria Weston, 1806-1885
Estlin, J. B. (John Bishop), 1785-1855
subjectsGeographic
Boston
Europe
Massachusetts
North and Central America
Suffolk (county)
United Kingdom
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
2 leaves (8 p.) ; 8 x 5 1/8 in.
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yes
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42.35
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-71.05
notes
Holograph, signed.
Richard Davis Webb would have replied sooner to Maria Weston Chapman's letter, but he went to London to protest against the excise tax on paper. He called on Eliza Lee Cabot Follen and Miss Susan Cabot at 5 Albion Street, Hyde Park. He met Miss Montgomery. Webb writes that "it is very difficult to excite a real interest in the English mind towards anything outside their own bounds." He believes the English are readily repelled by the language which the abolitionists have used, and that they don't feel that the anti-slavery cause is their own. He comments on Mrs. Follen's poor health. Miss Cabot is somewhat eclipsed by Mrs. Follen. Mrs. Follen's son is studying chemistry at the University of London. Webb refers to John Bishop Estlin's article about the Fugitive Slave Law. Mrs. Massie is the wife of an anti-Garrisonian minister; Webb praises her for her anti-slavery zeal. Mrs. George Thompson told Richard D. Webb that her son was dying of consumption. Mrs. [Isabella] Massie said that George Thompson had no chance to be reelected to Parliament. Richard D. Webb's sister, Deborah Juliot, visited the Westons. Webb tells of two abolitionists, a mother and her daughter, who live in Manchester and who helped Joseph Barker when he was falsely arrested. Webb's brother-in-law returned to Ireland. Webb expresses pity for Mme. Bardonneau. Samuel May, Jr., notified Webb of the approach of the anti-slavery fair. The Estlins think they can undermine the influence of the British & Foreign Anti-Slavery Society in Bristol. Webb's youngest child is in bed with influenza.
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Dublin, [Ireland]
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qz20t080x
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