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Holograph, signed with initials.
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qz20t293d
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Letter from Maria Weston Chapman, [Boston, Mass.], to Anne Greene Chapman Dicey, [21 June 1862]
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title
Letter from Maria Weston Chapman, [Boston, Mass.], to Anne Greene Chapman Dicey, [21 June 1862]
description
Holograph, signed with initials.
date
["[June 21, 1862]"]
year
1862
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No known copyright restrictions.
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no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
2801530
creators
Dicey, Anne Greene Chapman, d. 1879
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
Dicey, Anne Greene Chapman, d. 1879
Howe, Sarah Robbins, 1788-1862
May, Samuel, Jr., 1810-1899
Tudor, Effie
American Anti-Slavery Society
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Follen, Eliza Lee Cabot, 1787-1860
Chapman, Maria Weston, 1806-1885
National anti-slavery standard
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Boston
Massachusetts
North and Central America
Suffolk (county)
United States
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Correspondence
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United States
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Massachusetts
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Suffolk
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Boston
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3 leaves (12 p.) ; 8 1/8 x 5 1/4 in.
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notes
Holograph, signed with initials.
In this letter, Maria Weston Chapman comments on the American [Anti-Slavery] Society: "It had done its work. It had borne the Lord into Jerusalem, & I was not disturbed to see it sniffing about for palm branches on its own hook, after the Lord had no further need of it." She discusses the situation of the abolitionist newspaper, the Standard. Neither the Hovey nor the Jackson fund can be applied to the Standard, as neither Hovey nor Jackson liked the paper. If the circulation is only 1000, and if , "as Garrison feels sure, no effort we can make can increase the circulation," then "we must rely pretty much on the general agency." [Samuel] May, "with all his goodness in many respects...can hinder money from jingling better than most." Chapman and [William Lloyd] Garrison "rejoiced together over the signs of the times," even though Garrison had his doubts about McClellan. Chapman describes the "beauty in death" of Sarah Robbins Howe, age 74 years. Mrs. Howe had delivered to Mary Robbins a package of letters from Eliza Cabot [Follen] from the time they were girls to the death of Dr. Follen, which was to be passed on to Maria W. Chapman. She describes Mrs. Howe's funeral at Mt. Auburn Cemetery. Chapman writes: "Certainly there is something consoling in death." Chapman tells how she dispelled some scandalous gossip about Effie Tudor's marriage by giving the facts. Charles Follen was delighted to see "the ugly Boston spirit put down." Garrison told Chapman that "the friction in the remnant of abolitionists was something frightful." She gives details involving Pillsbury, Powell, and the Fosters. Chapman resolved not to accept this year's appointment of the executive committee. Chapman comments that "common sense taught the value and inevitability of a change."
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[Boston, Mass.]
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