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Holograph, signed.
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7s75fx508
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Letter from Annie Allen, High St[reet], [Dublin, Ireland], to Maria Weston Chapman, Nov'r 17th [- 18th, 18]46
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7s75fx508
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document
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normalized
title
Letter from Annie Allen, High St[reet], [Dublin, Ireland], to Maria Weston Chapman, Nov'r 17th [- 18th, 18]46
description
Holograph, signed.
date
["[November 17, 1846–November 18, 1846]"]
year
1846
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
3133328
creators
Allen, Annie
Chapman, Maria Weston, 1806-1885
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Anti-Slavery Collection
subjects
Abolitionists--Ireland
Antislavery movements--United States--History--19th century
Women abolitionists--Massachusetts--Boston--19th century--Correspondence
Abolitionists
Antislavery movements--United States
Women abolitionists--United States
Allen, Annie
Allen, Richard, 1803-1886
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870
French, John Robert, 1819-1890
British and Foreign Anti-slavery Society
Evangelical Alliance
Chapman, Maria Weston, 1806-1885
subjectsGeographic
Boston
Europe
Ireland
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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1
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extent
1 leaf (4 p.) ; 9 x 7 3/8 in.
hasTranscription
yes
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sf268508b
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ht24xg10q
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42.35
schema:longitude
-71.05
notes
Holograph, signed.
On pages 1-3 of this manuscript, there is a letter from Annie Allen to Maria Weston Chapman. Annie thanks Maria for a copy of last year's Liberty Bell and for Longfellow's translation of Cervantes's tale, La Getanelfu [perhaps La Gitanilla]. Annie sends Maria a copy of Dickinson's "Pictures of Italy" and refers to a critic of Dickens with whom she disagrees. Having enjoyed William Lloyd Garrison's visit, Annie regretted that his stay in Dublin was so short. She comments on the Evangelical Alliance: "would not diabolical alliance be nearer the mark?"
On pages 3-4 of this manuscript, there is a separate letter by Richard Allen to Maria Weston Chapman, dated November 18, 1846. Richard trusts that William Lloyd Garrison's visit will produce great good. The anti-slavery cause needs reviving. Richard writes that "the British & Foreign [Anti-Slavery Society] have shown so much inactivity, that their day unless they bestir themselves is nearly at an end." The Evangelical Alliance has passed a resolution against admitting slaveholders, but Richard Allen looks upon that body as "innocuous for good and evil." He refers to J. R. French's "extraordinary comments & reflections against many of Rogers' old friends..." The Irish "are troubled with gloomy anticipation of famine."
pubPlace
High St[reet], [Dublin, Ireland]
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7s75fx508
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document
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1
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0
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photo
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