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Holograph, signed with initials.
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7s75fz64t
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Letter from Maria Weston Chapman, Paris, [France], to Anne Warren Weston, Jan'y 10th, 1849
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document
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1
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7s75fz64t
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document
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normalized
title
Letter from Maria Weston Chapman, Paris, [France], to Anne Warren Weston, Jan'y 10th, 1849
description
Holograph, signed with initials.
date
["January 10, 1849"]
year
1849
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
3133035
creators
Weston, Anne Warren, 1812-1890
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
Weston, Anne Warren, 1812-1890
Laugel, Elizabeth Bates Chapman, b. 1831
Weston, Emma Forbes, b. 1825
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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pageCount
1
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import
extent
1 leaf (4 p.) ; 8 1/8 x 5 3/8 in.
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yes
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sf268508b
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42.35
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-71.05
notes
Holograph, signed with initials.
In this letter, Maria Weston Chapman answers business questions. She tells under what headings donations should be listed, etc. When Emma Weston comes, she is to bring a Mrs. Hemans, a Longfellow, and Maria Chapman's copy of Lowell, etc., "for here it is of course a desert land as far as English is concerned." Chapman also requests Edgar Allen Poe's "Raven" and "any book upon woman's rights which gives the American Laws," and other items. The weather is damp and disagreeable, unhealthy for Caroline and Maria W. Chapman, while Mary [G. Chapman] and the children do not seem to feel it. Chapman tells of reading Tasso in Italian, and "Lizzy [Elizabeth Bates Chapman Laugel] [is] keeping up with the class very well." Chapman comments on the recovery of the French, "who are very quick people & waiting is tedious to them."
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Paris, [France]
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7s75fz64t
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document
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1
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0
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photo
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