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Holograph.
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Document identity
localId
7s75ft53g
label
Letter to Maria Weston Chapman, [New York?], [1859?]
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obj
dtoType
document
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
7s75ft53g
contentType
document
stage
normalized
title
Letter to Maria Weston Chapman, [New York?], [1859?]
description
Holograph.
date
["[1859?]"]
year
1859
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
2802656
creators
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
Brown, John, 1800-1859
Cheever, George B. (George Barrell), 1807-1890
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 (3 p.) ; 7 x 4 3/8 in.
hasTranscription
yes
Source extras
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sf268508b
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ht24xg10q
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42.35
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-71.05
notes
Holograph.
On page three, the signature has been cut off, and the author of this letter is unknown.
The writer is going to Dr. (George Barrell) Cheever's prayer meeting because she wishes to get away from "gay and cheerful sounds" on this solemn day. "God have mercy on this wretched country!" Encloses a letter received from a friend whom the writer is trying to "make a Garrisonian abolitionist." He has given liberally to the "Brown fund" that is being raised in the city, and the writer is handing $100 over to Maria W. Chapman to be appropriated as she deems best.
pubPlace
[New York?]
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7s75ft53g
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document
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1
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0
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photo
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