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Source Description
Holograph, signed.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
wm118h99h
label
Letter from Lydia Maria Child, Wayland, to Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Feb. 21st, 1871
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obj
dtoType
document
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1
Source metadata
id
wm118h99h
contentType
document
stage
normalized
title
Letter from Lydia Maria Child, Wayland, to Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Feb. 21st, 1871
description
Holograph, signed.
date
["February 21, 1871"]
year
1871
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
2793062
creators
Higginson, Thomas Wentworth, 1823-1911
Child, Lydia Maria, 1802-1880
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
Higginson, Thomas Wentworth, 1823-1911
Child, Lydia Maria, 1802-1880
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
1 leaf (4 p.) ; 4 3/4 x 7 1/2 in.
hasTranscription
yes
Source extras
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sf268508b
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ht24xg10q
schema:latitude
42.35
schema:longitude
-71.05
notes
Holograph, signed.
Child thanks Higginson for his pamphlet on "The Sympathy of Religions." She tells him that she has never had the courage to read his biography of her. She asks him if he would like to have her leave her letters to him as a legacy.
pubPlace
Wayland
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wm118h99h
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document
Single page context
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1
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0
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photo
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27ed2d81a4c3fc29