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Holograph, signed.
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Document identity
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7s75fx932
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Letter from Isabel Jennings, [Cork, Ireland?], to Maria Weston Chapman, August 2, 1847
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obj
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document
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1
Source metadata
id
7s75fx932
contentType
document
stage
normalized
title
Letter from Isabel Jennings, [Cork, Ireland?], to Maria Weston Chapman, August 2, 1847
description
Holograph, signed.
date
["August 2, 1847"]
year
1847
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
3133361
creators
Jennings, Isabel
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
Temperance
Jennings, Isabel
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
4 leaves (16 p.) ; 7 1/8 x 4 1/2 in. and 7 1/2 x 4 1/2 in.
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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.
Isabel Jennings describes conditions west and south of this city [Cork?], where "every year numbers die of want." She tells of her eldest brother's illness and the death of "our two benevolent associates Mrs. and Miss Nash" and others in the anti-slavery society. Most active among its workers are those who know Frederick Douglass. Jennings said: "In all his intercourse here he evinced the highest regard for his wife and children." He avoided "confidential conversations with young ladies," although one or two were "rather absurd in their over-attention." She further expatiates on Douglass's character. Two American ships have been in the harbor; she gives the names of the ships and their captains. Captain Farwell "amused us with the horror he evinced at the idea of dissolving your Union." She mentions the failure of the total abstinence pledge to enforce temperance in Ireland. She tells of the acheivements of two clairvoyants.
pubPlace
[Cork, Ireland?]
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7s75fx932
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document
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1
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0
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photo
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