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Holograph, signed.
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qz20tc77w
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Letter from Eliza Lee Cabot Follen, West Roxbury, [Mass.], to Maria Weston Chapman, Nov'r 11th, 1842
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qz20tc77w
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document
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normalized
title
Letter from Eliza Lee Cabot Follen, West Roxbury, [Mass.], to Maria Weston Chapman, Nov'r 11th, 1842
description
Holograph, signed.
date
["November 11, 1842"]
year
1842
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
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No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
3133428
creators
Chapman, Maria Weston, 1806-1885
Follen, Eliza Lee Cabot, 1787-1860
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
Martineau, Harriet, 1802-1876
Milnes, Richard Monckton, Baron Houghton, 1809-1885
Follen, Eliza Lee Cabot, 1787-1860
Chapman, Maria Weston, 1806-1885
subjectsGeographic
Boston
Massachusetts
North and Central America
Suffolk (county)
United States
genreBasic
Correspondence
Manuscripts
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Text
country
United States
state
Massachusetts
county
Suffolk
city
Boston
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1
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extent
1 leaf (2 p.) ; 12 1/2 x 7 3/4 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.
Eliza Lee Cabot Follen encloses the lines to Harriet Martineau by Richard Monckton Milnes and refers to the note at the bottom. She also sends a translation, which "was the most difficult thing I ever did..." She includes three different titles for Maria Weston Chapman to choose from. Follen said: "I have wept over these lines because they are the first verses I have written alone for so many years -- we did all such things together." Follen feels strongly about "this poor slave in our jail."
In the postscript on page two of this letter, Follen writes: "I have had a letter from H. Martineau & alas she is no better."
The poem "To Harriet Martineau," by Richard Monckton Milnes Houghton, that is mentioned in this letter, was published in the Liberty Bell for 1843, but without a note. The translation referred to is from the German by T.G. Salis and was published in the same issue of the Liberty Bell, with the title "To the Martyrs of Freedom."
pubPlace
West Roxbury, [Mass.]
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qz20tc77w
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document
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1
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photo
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